Man in Russia sets fire to a church and kills the priest

Case information
Incident date
Country
Russia
Place
Moscow
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Arson
  • (Attempted) Homicide
  • Physical Violence
Place of Incident
  • Church
Reported to Police
  • Yes
Response of Local Authorities
  • Investigated
Image credit: BBC Русская служба

On August 24, in Domodedovo, a suburb of Moscow - where one of the city's airports is located, a man killed the parish priest of the village Orthodox church and set it on fire. The motive for the murder and burning was a personal conflict between the victim and the alleged perpetrator. The perpetrator was a former Sunday school teacher of the parish who was dismissed after being inappropriate with one of the parishioners.

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