Four people and an assailant were injured during an attack at an LDS church in Brazil on Sunday, according to FOX 13.
According to a statement from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a man entered the chapel in Goiânia, Brazil, during a worship service and “threatened the congregation with multiple knives.”
The statement said that police arrested the attacker and the LDS Church “is praying for all those involved.”
See more at FOX 13.
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