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Priest murdered in western Ukraine

15:35 29/09/2009

KIEV, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - A priest in western Ukraine's Volynskaya Region was murdered on Tuesday, the UNIAN news agency reported citing local police.

The local police said that the priest had been killed by a blow to the head with an axe.

The tragedy occurred in the Belotsk village. The priest's body was discovered by a senior priest from a neighboring church and the victim's brother, the police said.

A murder investigation has been launched.

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