The unknown attacker stabbed the lead singer of the choir at St Jude Thaddeus Church in Albuquerque
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A man stabbed at least four people in a Catholic church in New Mexico on Sunday, striking just as the congregation was finishing taking communion.
The unknown attacker stabbed the lead singer of the choir at St Jude Thaddeus Church in Albuquerque and wounded several others as they struggled to restrain him.
Police said at least two of the victims were in critical condition following the attack at around noon.
Reyes Stinson, a 17-year-old congregant, told The Daily Telegraph: "I was going to sit down after I had got my communion and once I sat down I saw a man running across the church and he attacked our lead singer.
"At first I thought it was a fist fight but he was being stabbed with a knife. People rushed to restrain the man and three of them got stabbed while attempting to restrain him.
"They eventually restrained him and took him outside. The cops came ten minutes later and took him.
"While all this was going on people were panicking having no idea what to do. People were scared, I was scared."
Mr Stinson said the attacker was white and in his early 20s and appeared to have sat through the mass before leaping from his pew and attacking the choir singer with a hunting knife.
He was wrestled to the ground by other churchgoers and appears to have stabbed several of them during the tumult.
After finally being restrained he was marched out of the church and handed over to police, who arrived later.
The victims are all being treated in local hospitals.
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