Posted on 06/23/2015 7:51:23 PM PDT by rey
OAKLAND — Authorities say a Buddhist monk has been arrested and charged with attempted murder following a recent stabbing of another monk in a San Francisco Bay Area monastery.
The Oakland Tribune reports (http://bayareane.ws/1Hd73fg) Tuesday that authorities say 30-year-old Sokphanna Phen admitted stabbing 66-year-old Mahamonirath Pinn multiple times in the face and head with two kitchen knives at an East Oakland monastery last Tuesday.
Pinn was being treated at an Oakland hospital.
Officer Bradley Miller says Phen told police he was angry with the head monk for his disciplinary tactics.
Police say Phen, who was arrested last Thursday at the East Bay home of relatives, has also been identified by the victim. He was charged Monday.
If convicted, he faces life in prison with the possibility of parole, authorities said. He is being held without bail. He was not available for comment Tuesday.
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They could put ‘buddhist’ in the headline but why bother
He already confessed. Leave it to someone who took a vow of silence to sing like a bird. Total monk fail.
Gheez. Even the Buddhist monks are going nuts now:(
What is the sound of one hand stabbing?
I once saw a video on TV of two rival sects of Buddhist monks meeting each other in the street and getting into a HUGE brawl. There were hundreds of monks attacking each other.
I guess that vow of peace gets a bit frayed at times.
“It is time for you to go, Grasshopper.”
Wow. I had no clue. I think I watched too many Kung Fu episodes.
“No Nirvana for you!”
Well, of course they could, but that would ruin the impression they were trying to make from the headline that it was a Catholic monk.
Karma fail.
Maybe the guy got on his last nerv-ana.
Now thats funny right there, don’t care who you are….
Monk on monk violence has to end, the ommm must be made safe.
His punishment: being provided with an indefinitely long opportunity for meditation.
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