SEOL : A South Korean taxi driver who is said to have extreme views religus found dead on the cross after an effort that seems to imitate Jesus' death, police said on Wednesday (04/05/2011).
The body of 58-year-old man, and surnamed Kim was found last Sunday on a wooden cross at the mine site was abandoned in downtown Mungyeong. Nails protruding from the cross through the holes in the hands and feet the taxi driver.
Local police said the man, wearing only panties and a crown of thorns, has a stab wound in the right hip and a former whip. He seems to want to reconstruct the death of Jesus.
A mirror placed in front of Kim so that he could see himself on the cross, while other items such as a hammer, hand drill and a knife were found nearby. "We found the location of the incident a number of pieces of paper that explains how to make a cross and the crucifixion," said the police told AFP. Police said it was unclear whether Kim wrote his own memo on the papers.
A forensic examination is now being conducted to determine the cause of death. Police said Kim's hand drill and hole because he may have died from loss of blood.
Kim described the neighbors as being fascinated by Christianity. Police try to determine whether he committed suicide alone or with the help of others at around Easter time on 22-24 April. But they also said it would not rule out the possibility of murder.
Yonhap news agency quoted a former pastor who said, Kim had a "fanatical view of religion. " Based on official data of South Korea, from 49 million residents of the country, as many as 8.6 million adherents of the Protestant people, 5.1 million Catholics and about 10 million Buddhists.
The body of 58-year-old man, and surnamed Kim was found last Sunday on a wooden cross at the mine site was abandoned in downtown Mungyeong. Nails protruding from the cross through the holes in the hands and feet the taxi driver.
Local police said the man, wearing only panties and a crown of thorns, has a stab wound in the right hip and a former whip. He seems to want to reconstruct the death of Jesus.
A mirror placed in front of Kim so that he could see himself on the cross, while other items such as a hammer, hand drill and a knife were found nearby. "We found the location of the incident a number of pieces of paper that explains how to make a cross and the crucifixion," said the police told AFP. Police said it was unclear whether Kim wrote his own memo on the papers.
A forensic examination is now being conducted to determine the cause of death. Police said Kim's hand drill and hole because he may have died from loss of blood.
Kim described the neighbors as being fascinated by Christianity. Police try to determine whether he committed suicide alone or with the help of others at around Easter time on 22-24 April. But they also said it would not rule out the possibility of murder.
Yonhap news agency quoted a former pastor who said, Kim had a "fanatical view of religion. " Based on official data of South Korea, from 49 million residents of the country, as many as 8.6 million adherents of the Protestant people, 5.1 million Catholics and about 10 million Buddhists.
