Brazilian police say an Italian priest has been found dead with a bullet wound to the head in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus.Police official Dan Camara tells Globo's G1 Web site that authorities detained three man suspected of participating in the killing early Saturday, but gave no indication of a possible motive.
The Agencia Folha news service says authorities found the body of 52-year-old Ruggero Ruvoletto in his parish house. Other reports say the priest was from Padova, Italy, and had been in Brazil for two years.
Authorities could not be immediately reached.
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