Lunatic in khife attack on Bishop Safroniy

Police have opened a criminal case against a man who on Sunday attacked Safroniy, the Bishop of Mahilyou and Mstislaul during the mass. The Interfax news agency reports that the criminal is 36 years old and unemployed and registered as a mentally disordered patient. At the same time, he was a stable parishioner who attended the service regularly.
The man stabbed the priest with a khife when Bishop Safroniy was entering his church. Other parishioners grabbed the criminal and reported him to the police. The priest was operated in a hospital, and he is reportedly safe.