Police in the central Russian republic of...
The body of the priest was found on Wednesday at his home in the republic"s capital of Cheboksary with several knife wounds.
"In a "hot pursuit", the suspect of the crime was traced and arrested. He is a 22-year-old resident of Novocheboksarsk [three kilometers east of Cheboksary,]" the spokesman said, adding that a team of forensic experts is working at the crime scene
This is the second priest killing in Chuvashia in the last two weeks. On April 24, Father Anatoly, 46, was discovered dead with a gunshot wound at his church in the village of Yantikovo. Police later detained a 47-year-old man with a history of mental illness in connection with the murder.
Local investigators said they have not yet found a link between the two cases.
In November of 2009 Daniil Sysoyev, a priest at St. Thomas"s Church in southern Moscow, was shot dead by a masked gunman.
Sysoyev was known for his active missionary work in converting Muslims and members of religious
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