A priest was killed in Nizhny Novgorod

The body of the murdered archpriest was found in Nizhny Novgorod.

January 14, 2015 it became known that 3 January in Nizhny Novgorod, priest Anatoly Meshkov, cleric of the Trinity Church of Moscow, was killed district of the city.

The body of the deceased was found in his apartment st. Chkalov.

A criminal case has been initiated under Art. 105 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder).

Sources

• In Nizhny Novgorod, a guest worker killed and robbed a priest // Crime chronicle of Nizhny Novgorod. 2015. January 14.
• A priest was killed in Nizhny Novgorod, a citizen of Tajikistan is suspected // Interfax-religion. 2015. January 14.