Priest stabbed while trying to stop Belfast burglary

A Belfast priest was stabbed in the face with a screwdriver while trying to prevent a burglary at a nursery school in the west of the city.

Priest stabbed while trying to stop Belfast burglary

A Belfast priest was stabbed in the face with a screwdriver while trying to prevent a burglary at a nursery school in the west of the city.

Fr Matt Wallace, from the Turf Lodge area, said he stumbled across burglars in St Martin's school this morning.

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