26 October 2004
Twelve icons stolen from church in Brest region
Twelve icons were stolen from a church in the Kamenets district, Brest region, on Saturday night.
The pastor of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Nativity Church in the village of Indychi called the police on Sunday saying that someone had torn padlocks off the church door stealing 11 contemporary icons, a
double-faced 18th-century icon and a bronze cross, a source with the provincial police department told BelaPAN.
Police opened an investigation into the burglary. Earlier this month, Brest regional and Minsk city police in cooperation with the Almaz anti-terror unit captured two icon thieves in the Lyakhovichi district and recovered two out of three icons they stole back in 2001 worth a total of $75,000. A search is underway for the third valuable icon.
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