A priest has been killed and 7 others harm in a horror assault at a monastery in flood-stricken Valencia in Spain.
The attacker – who continues to be at massive – reportedly shouted ‘I’m Jesus Christ’ as he bumped into Santo Espiritu del Monte Monastery.
The intruder is claimed to have assaulted the monks one after the other of their rooms early this morning after leaping over a fringe fence.
Three monks aged 57, 66 and 95 are in hospital due to their accidents though extra are mentioned to have been assaulted.
The person who died is claimed to have suffered head accidents.
The Christian monastery lies in Gilet, a 35-minute drive north of Valencia, which continues to be recovering from catastrophic and lethal flooding lower than two weeks in the past.
Police are understood to be attempting to find the attacker in mountains close to the monastery.
Gilet’s mayor Salvador Costa advised native press the intruder had entered the constructing shouting ‘I’m Jesus Christ’ earlier than starting to bodily assault the monks ‘with the intention of killing them’.
A Provincial superior mentioned in a press release confirming the dying: ‘It was with deep shock and ache that we obtained the information this morning {that a} disturbed particular person had entered the Friary of Santo Espiritu del Monte.’
The alarm was raised round 10am.
Solely two monks, who had been working exterior in an orchard, escaped being attacked.
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