The police of the Krasnodar region are investigating the circumstances of the death of a priest, whose body with a traumatic brain injury was found in the trunk of his own car. this on Saturday, October 19 . reported The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation

The crashed Audi of the 61-year-old priest was discovered by traffic inspectors. They said she crashed into a tree. When examining the car, the body of its owner was found in the trunk. The investigation notes that around the same time there was a fire in the priest's house, and traces of arson were found in the building.

The regional department of the department clarifies that a case of murder, car theft and deliberate destruction of property has been opened in connection with the incident. The investigation does not rule out that a local resident with whom the murdered man had a domestic conflict was involved in the crime, but the man has not yet been officially involved in the criminal case.

According to the Interfax agency , the murdered man's name was Nikolai Medentsev. He was the rector of the Holy Protection Church in Belorechensk. In turn, the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vsevolod Chaplin, in a conversation with the agency, called on the killers of the priest to repent and confess to the police, noting that this would be better “for their personal fate.”

In recent years, a number of murders of religious figures of various faiths have occurred in Russia. The most notorious of these crimes was the murder of the Pskov priest Pavel Adelgeim by a man who came to him for advice. During the arrest, the suspect shouted that Satan told him to commit the crime.

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