At night, near St. Michael's Monastery in Kyiv, three unknown persons beat Metropolitan Klyment of Crimea and Simferopol, the authorized representative of the Crimean Diocese of the OCU, Andriy Shchekun, told Suspilne , UNN reports.
According to the Metropolitan, the attack took place around 23:00, when he was on his way to his cell in St. Michael's Monastery. Three unidentified men stopped Clement, addressing him with the words: "Bishop, bless you". However, after that they began to beat the metropolitan.
The metropolitan believes that the attack on him was carefully planned, as it took place in a place where there are no surveillance cameras.
At the time of the attack, he was in Kyiv at the invitation of the Crimean Platform, an international initiative aimed at de-occupying Crimea and supporting the rights of Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians on the peninsula.
Recall
A video has been posted on social media describing how three unidentified people near St. Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv attacked a representative of the church, a member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The police are establishing the circumstances of the incident, and an investigative team has arrived at the scene