Czech police hunt thief who stole 800-year-old skull of saint from church

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Czech police hunt thief who stole 800-year-old skull of saint from church

Czech police are hunting a thief who snatched the 800-year-old skull of a saint from a display box in a church and ran away with the relic. …

Czech police are hunting a thief who snatched the 800-year-old skull of a saint from a display box in a church and ran away with the relic. A fuzzy security camera photo released late on Tuesday appeared to show a figure dressed in black carrying what police said was the skull of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk. The suspect was seen running between the benches in the Saint Lawrence and Saint Zdislava basilica in Jablonne v Podjestedi, 110 km (68 miles) north of Prague. …

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