24-year-old pastoral candidate brutally raped and murdered

Police are searching for two individuals suspected of being involved in the killing of a 24-year-old female priest, identified only as MZ, in Air Sugihan district, Ogan Komering Ilir regency, South Sumatra, Indonesia.

Ogan Komering Ilir Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Doni Eka Saputra said the reverend was murdered after reportedly being raped in an oil palm plantation.
He said the crime apparently occurred one day before the body was found by locals on Tuesday morning.

“MZ was allegedly raped before she was killed. She was found by the locals with no pants and shirt open,” Doni told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.