Woman seriously injured in knife attack during church service in Irish town

DUBLIN, July ‌21 (Reuters) - A ​woman ​in her 50s was seriously injured in ‌a knife attack during a ⁠Catholic Church service in the ‌southern Irish county ‌of Waterford on Tuesday, police said.

Police arrested a man ​in his 30s at a house nearby after the ⁠assault that occurred just before 1000 ​local time in the seaside town of Tramore and ​left the woman ‌needing treatment for serious but non-life threatening injuries ⁠in hospital.

In a separate statement, the local Catholic diocese ⁠commended the courage shown by the ​parishioners who assisted during the "frightening incident".

"The Diocese of Waterford and Lismore is ‌deeply shocked by the violent incident which occurred ‌this morning during Mass," ⁠the diocese ‌said in ​the statement.

(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Muvija ‌M)

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