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The criminal case over the killing of the father superior of the Daniil's Monastery of the Holy Trinity in the town of Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yaroslavl Region opened into a crime under Part 1 of Article 105 of the RF Penal Code, has been passed on to the Head Office of the Investigative Committee for further investigation following the order of Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin.

The dead body of the father superior with numerous stab wounds was found on 7 July 2016, in one of the monastery’s cells. The initial investigative and search operations revealed that a 27-year-old novice who fled the monastery on 7 July might have been involved in the crime. The operative units have an order to find him and bring to the investigators.

The investigators are looking into different versions of the crime.

Head of Media Relations                                                                                                                                V.I. Markin