Priest murdered in western Ukraine
18:31, 29 September 2009
KIEV. September 29. KAZINFORM A priest in western Ukraine's Volynskaya Region was murdered on Tuesday, the UNIAN news agency reported citing local police, Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
The local police said that the priest had been killed by a blow to the head with an axe.
The tragedy occurred in the Belotsk village. The priest's body was discovered by a senior priest from a neighboring church and the victim's brother, the police said.
A murder investigation has been launched, Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru