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Orthodox priest murdered near Moscow
Published: 23 December, 2009, 20:35
Edited: 25 March, 2010, 23:15
Beneficiary of the Cathedral of the Ascension of Satino-Russkoe village in Moscow region archpriest Aleksandr Filippov was shot dead on Tuesday evening in the doorway of his apartment building.
The widow of the priest says he was murdered after he had admonished people trying to relieve themselves in the entrance of the multi-storey flat building he lived in.
Criminals shot him in his back when he was opening his apartment door. The priest was wearing casual clothes, not a cassock.
One suspect has been detained – 39-year-old Oleg Shekhov, who has already served a prison term for a murder.
The investigation ruled that Shekhov and two his acquaintances were drunk when the crime happened. Shekhov allegedly picked up a shell casing after the shooting and fled from the crime scene.
Just a month ago another Orthodox priest, Father Daniil Sysoyev, was shot dead by a masked man in St. Thomas Church during the conclusion of a service. The choirmaster was also wounded in the shooting.
Sysoyev was well-known for his controversial missionary work with Islamic immigrants. Investigators suspect religious hatred could have been a motive for the killing.
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A tradegy. Surveillance cameras catch a lot of such criminals over here in the USA. So do cash rewards for information and DNA databases. People who take life so casually should obviously be executed. The money spent on keeping them in prison can be far better spent educating the young, and helping the elderly.
Unfortunately..Its because of these people that we have come to the stage where our whole lives are interrupted with security measures and the eventual destruction of our privacy .The people who murder,rape and steal etc are doing the devils work in providing the perfect excuse for these measures on a blanket level...They are a curse on humanity along with the glorification to war and voilence and imorality forced on us as entertainment. May the family of the victim get some justice and may he rest in peace