A 16-year-old has been arrested after the stabbing of an Irish Army chaplain at a barracks in Galway city late Thursday evening.
Padre Father Paul Murphy, a member of the clergy attached to the Renmore barracks in Galway, Ireland, reportedly suffered multiple stab wounds after being approached by a young male at around 10.45 pm on Thursday night.
According to a report from the Irish Times, the attack is believed to have occurred as the chaplain was in his car while waiting for the gate to the barracks to open. The paper reports that Father Murphy is understood to have been wearing civilian clothes at the time.
Army sentries are said to have fired five warning shots during the incident and used a baton to ultimately subdue the suspect, who has only been identified as a 16-year-old male and an Irish national.
The alleged attacker is reportedly currently in custody at a Garda…
