Catholic priest assaulted in Turkey

PanARMENIAN.Net - A Catholic priest of de Saint Antuan church was stabbed in Turkey on Sunday, police said. Father Adriano Francini was stabbed in the stomach in the attack in the Saint Antoine Church in the western city of Izmir, but his life is not in danger, a police official, requesting anonymity, said.



The 19-year-old assailant, identified only by his initials R.B., was caught shortly afterwards with the knife he used in the attack.



Last year, Turkish ultranationalists killed Catholic priest Andrea Santoro in Trabzon.



In April 2007, in Malatia, ultra-right organization members raided into a Christian publishing house, killing 3 people, including a German citizen. The prosecutor's office demands life sentence to three culprits accused of the crime, NTV reports.