Intruders Beat Priest to Death, Reports Say

A Roman Catholic priest was found beaten to death in his home in Mathura, India, Christian groups and police said. The All India Catholic Union said attackers entered the home of Father George Kuzhikandan on Tuesday night and killed the 43-year-old Indian priest. A former student of Kuzhikandan’s who had been staying in his house was found locked in his room, said John Dayal, spokesman for the All India Catholic Union, a private Christian group. Police in Mathura, about 90 miles south of New Delhi, said no arrests had been made. The motive for the attack was unknown, but one rights group said the assault fit a pattern of attacks against the Christian minority in the area.