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Orthodox church robbed in West Ukraine

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Orthodox church robbed in West Ukraine


16.08.2016

Photo: © ITAR-TASS/Vladimir Smirnov
An Orthodox church in the west of Ukraine has gotten robbed again, reports IA Interfax. This is the fifth incident of such kind that has happened in the country over the past months.

This time the lawbreakers broke into St. Michael’s Church in Danchimost, Rivne Oblast. According to the press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the crime was committed on the night of August 14. The robbers broke down a window. Once they got inside the church they desecrated the church and stole the collections.

Already 4 churches were robbed from April to June this year. The Police could not find the robbers in any of the cases.

It is to be recalled that in May this year two Ukrainian Orthodox Churches of the Moscow Patriarchy were broken into and robbed in the Rivne Oblast. Both incidents were registered within Sarny Raion.

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