Ukraine , Kyiv , 8 , April , 2022
The Syrian Ministry of Interior said that the priest, George Rafiq Hosh, born in 1956, shot himself in the Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Latakia.
She added in a statement that the medical and judicial examination authority attended the scene of the accident and it was found that the cause of death was bleeding after being shot in the chest towards the back.
She indicated that, through the investigation supervised by the Lattakia Governorate Police Chief, it was found that the priest had shot himself with his own 7.5 mm pistol due to psychological and social pressures.
According to the preliminary investigation records, when the investigators arrived at the scene, Al-Khoury was seen sitting on a chair within the cathedral, with a gunshot wound to the chest with a pistol lying on the ground next to him.
The medical and judicial examination body attended the scene of the accident, and it was found that the cause of death was a traumatic bleed after a gunshot wound to the chest towards the back.
For its part, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Latakia and its dependencies issued a statement about the incident, in which it said: “The Archdiocese of George Rafik Hosh ended his life today by shooting himself inside St. George’s Cathedral, and this sudden action came as a result of the accumulated psychological and social pressures ..