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Priest held for Christmas Eve murder in Italy
Dec 24, 2009, 17:40 GMT
Modena, Italy - Police in Italy detained Thursday a Catholic priest in connection with the murder of a man who was stabbed along with his wife and son near the northern city of Modena.
The 57-year-old Giorgio Panini, parish priest of Brodano di Vignola, was placed under police guard in a Modena hospital, the ANSA news agency said.
Panini, whose condition was described as serious, was allegedly injured during an early morning incident in which a 67-year-old-pensioner, Sergio Manfredini, was stabbed to death, and the man's wife and 42-year-old son were also injured.
It was not immediately clear what caused the violence. Panini had been living as a lodger in Manfredini's home for several years, the news reports said.
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