Throat slashed; Multiple stab wounds

From the LA Times:

A Polish Catholic priest was found dead with his throat slit in a convent garage near Tunis, the Tunisian news agency TAP reported Friday.

The 34-year-old priest, Marek Marius Rybinski, was found dead from multiple stab wounds and slashes at the convent in Manouba where he served as an accountant, the news agency reported...

religious militancy has been on the rise since the Jan. 14 ouster of the North African nation's longtime leader, Zine el Abidine ben Ali.

From Reuters "Polish priest killed by Tunisian extremists":

"The Ministry of the Interior condemns this act and regrets the death. Based on results of the preliminary investigation, including the method of assassination, it believes a group of terrorist fascists with extremist tendencies was behind this crime," it said.

Protests against the authorities swelled into a popular revolt last month that created turmoil in Tunisia, forced President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to flee to Saudi Arabia and encouraged a similar revolution in Egypt.

"These extremists are taking advantage of an exceptional situation to disturb national security and plunge our country into violence," the ministry statement said.

Editor's note - The Tunisian Interior Ministry cautiously avoided the term "Muslim," but it's a safe bet that these "Terrorist Fascists," were not Mormons, Budhists or Wiccans. Photo - Catholic Church in Tunisia capitol.