"In Turkey, Manhunt On for Killer of Priest
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By Amberin Zaman, Special to The Times
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities continued to hunt Monday for the lone gunman who killed an Italian priest in the Black Sea port city of Trabzon.
Andrea Santoro, 61, died Sunday after the gunman opened fire as the cleric was praying in the ancient Santa Maria Church that serves Trabzon's tiny Christian community.
Witnesses described the suspect as cleanshaven and in his late teens. They said he had shouted, 'Allahu akbar!' which means 'God is great!' in Arabic, before shooting the Roman Catholic priest twice in the back. Police sketches of the suspected assailant depicted a round-faced teen wearing a gray woolen cap with a pompom."
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