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Thursday, 25 September 2008
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A man believing himself to be the anti-christ and influenced by the 'Da Vinci Code' has stabbed a priest in Rome.
Priest stabber inspired by Da Vinci Code believed he was anti-Christ
Sydney Morning Herald, September 25, 2008
A 25-year-old man who tried to kill a priest by stabbing him in a Rome church has told police that he did so after the watching the film The Da Vinci Code and believing himself to be the anti-Christ.
The priest, Reverend Caino Calitri, 68, was in critical condition in a Rome hospital after he was stabbed repeatedly in the neck on Tuesday by Marco Luzi, according to Italian media reports, including the Catholic paper Avvenire.
Police found a note in one of Luzi's pockets reading "this is just the beginning, 666".
The number 666 is known as "the number of the beast" in the Book of Revelation in the Bible.
Luzi, who stabbed three other people who had tried to help the priest, told police after his arrest that he had watched The Da Vinci Code on television the night before.
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