A 16-year-old teenager arrested after Thursday's stabbing of an Irish Army chaplain in Galway, west of Ireland, was charged with assault this Saturday, August 17, and was detained in a juvenile facility. He appeared at Galway Children's Court earlier this afternoon “assault causing bodily injury”.

The court denied him bail and remanded him to Oberstown Juvenile Centre. The BBC reports that he will appear in court again on Tuesday, August 20. Irish police said on Friday they were treating the knife attack on Chaplain Paul Murphy, in his 50s, at the entrance to Renmore Barracks on the outskirts of Galway as terrorism.

The suspect is said to have been radicalized on the internet

The BBC also reported that a representative of the Irish police said during the hearing that the teenager could be charged again depending on the findings of the investigation. After the attack, he was admitted to the hospital on Thursday evening, but his life is not in danger.

The 16-year-old teenager, whose name has not been released due to his age, was quickly subdued by soldiers, arrested at the scene and taken into police custody. According to the newspaper The Irish TimesCiting police sources, the suspect is said to have been radicalized on the Internet in recent months.

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Still according to the newspaper, the chaplain, who arrived in front of the barracks in his car on Thursday evening, rolled down the window when he saw the teenager coming his way. He then stabbed him several times with a hidden knife.

As the Army noted in a press release, barracks sentries fired five warning shots. “In accordance with the protection protocols of the armed forces”The baton was used to subdue the assailant.

He was admitted to the hospital “serious injuries”In a Facebook post on Friday, Chaplain Paul Murphy thanked the public for their support. “My friends, I thank you for your prayers”He wrote Friday before surgery.