Priest stabbed in Turkey in third recent assault against Catholic clergy

AP ^ | July 2, 2006 | Suzan Fraser

[NYer]

ANKARA, Turkey – A man stabbed a Roman Catholic priest Sunday in the Black Sea port of Samsun, a church official said, in the third attack against a Catholic cleric in Turkey in recent months.

The French priest, Pierre Brunissen, 74, was injured in the hip and leg and rushed to a hospital, Monsignor Luigi Padovese, the apostolic vicar for Anatolia, told The Associated Press by telephone from his church in Iskenderun, southern Turkey.

Brunissen, of Samsun's Mater Dolorosa church, lost a lot of blood but his condition was not life-threatening, Padovese said.

Police immediately detained his 47-year-old attacker, the Anatolia news agency said. The man, who was identified by the initials A.N., was described as being mentally ill and had made complaints against the priest for allegedly making Christian propaganda, the agency said.

It was the third attack against a Catholic priest in predominantly Muslim Turkey since February, when a priest was killed while kneeling in prayer in his church in the nearby city of Trabzon.

Another priest, a Slovenian, was grabbed by the throat, thrown into a garden and threatened with death in the Aegean port city of Izmir.

Also, a man upset by the newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad admitted throwing a fire bomb that caused a small fire on the roof of another church in Izmir.

“I hope this has nothing to with Islamic fundamentalism,” Padovese said of the latest attack. “The climate has changed. ... It is the Catholic priests that are being targeted.”

A 16-year-old youth currently is being tried for the killing of the Rev. Andrea Santoro, 60, who was shot Feb. 5 while praying in his parish in Trabzon. Witnesses said the youth shouted “Allahu Akbar!” – Arabic for “God is great!” – before firing two bullets into Santoro's back.

[NYer]

A 16-year-old youth currently is being tried for the killing of the Rev. Andrea Santoro, 60, who was shot Feb. 5 while praying in his parish in Trabzon. Witnesses said the youth shouted “Allahu Akbar!” – Arabic for “God is great!” – before firing two bullets into Santoro's back.

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[Cindy]

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Also, a man upset by the newspaper caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad admitted throwing a fire bomb that caused a small fire on the roof of another church in Izmir."

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[Cicero]

The man, who was identified by the initials A.N., was described as being mentally ill and had made complaints against the priest for allegedly making Christian propaganda, the agency said.

Mentally ill or a Muslim fanatic. There's a difference? He certainly gives the standard Muslim reason for trying to kill him.

Like that other guy, who figured that Allah wanted him to shoot a priest in the back. That's Allah, all right.

[marshmallow]

In the name of Allah, the most compassionate, the most merciful.........we kill you all........

[Screamname]

They always shout this "Allah Akbar aka God is great" stuff before doing this kind of crap, whether it be this stabbing, or beheadings, or blowing themsleves up or flying planes into buildings. Hey Mohammed, either your being very sarcastic or the only "God" you are calling great has a red tail and two horns.

[NYer]

Wow! Thanks for that link.

[Cindy]

You're welcome NYer

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Priest stabbed in Turkey

Just too many choices here...

[river rat]

".......was described as being mentally ill..."

Hell, wouldn't that description apply to EVERY pious/militant Muslim in the world?

How could ANY fundamentalist Muslim NOT be mentally ill?

Semper Fi

[Salvation]

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[Nuc1]

Turkey continues its decent into islamic madness.

[Patrick_k]

It is worth noting that all religious hate crime are labeled "mentally ill". It seems that the religious communities of the perpetrators are "shy" to denounce the true nature of their crimes.

[Mazi83]

Turkey continues its decent into islamic madness.

According to at least 3 different polls I have seen in the past year, Turkey is one of the most anti-Christian nations in the muslim world.

[Nuc1]

Like the communists, islamists consolidate power by eliminating their enemies. The decent folk of Turkey will never see another free election until a stake is driven through the heart of traditional ISLAM. We are not brutal and aggressive enough. I wish it wasn't so but it is.

[Maeve]

Muslims. And Turks. Enough said.