In Shumilino, a homeless man robbed a church

February 22, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In Shumilino, a homeless man stole from a local church, the first deputy head of the Shumilino District Department of Internal Affairs Igor Shatilo told a BELTA correspondent. Late at night, the attacker broke a window, entered the premises, which were not equipped with any alarm system, and stole about Br100 thousand in donations. Then, having searched the church for something more valuable, he appropriated a cross and two icons, which he later sold in Vitebsk for Br25 thousand. The total damage caused by his actions amounted to about Br1 million. A criminal case has been initiated against the man for theft under Article 205, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Belarus, which provides for up to three years of imprisonment. This is not the first encroachment on the property of the Shumilino church; similar cases have occurred before, Igor Shatilo added. -0-