Unidentified people tried to set on fire two Orthodox churches in south Ukraine

Kiev, August 18, 2014

    

Unidentified people attempted to set on fire two churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the city of Nykolaiv in south Ukraine, reports Sedmitza.ru.

Two incendiary bombs were thrown into the St. Simeon Cathedral. The fire was put out without help of firefighters, report the Ukrainian media.

The St. Sergius Church was subject to another attack. The window was broken and the building caught fire due to the Molotov cocktail. Criminal investigations have been initiated.

8/19/2014

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