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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The body of a man with his hands and feet nailed to a wooden cross and a crown of thorns on his head has been found in an abandoned stone quarry, South Korean police said Wednesday.

A man wearing only underwear, with a wound on the side of his torso and nylon strings tied around his neck, arms and stomach, was found crucified Sunday in Mungyong, about 115 miles (190 kilometers) southeast of Seoul, said Chung Ji-chun, chief of the violent crime section at Gyeongbuk Provincial Police Agency.

Two smaller crosses were erected on each side of the cross he was nailed to, Chung said.

Police also found nails, a hammer, an electric drill, pieces of wood and instructions on how to build crosses inside a tent near the scene, Chung said. An SUV belonging to the dead man was found nearby.

Police are waiting for a forensic report to determine the exact time and cause of the man's death and whether it was a homicide or suicide.

Chung identified the man as a 58-year old surnamed Kim.

Popular representations of the death of Jesus Christ depict him crucified between the crosses of two thieves, wearing a crown of thorns, a white cloth over his loins, with a wound on his side from a Roman soldier's spear.


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One of the weirdest stories in a long time. I don't see how it can be suicide--how in the world could you crucify yourself?
 
Not much way you can. I guess its their way of avoiding the truth of what really happened whatever that was?
 
It is just a week after Easter. In the Philippines they crucify (for short periods) individuals to re-enact the Good Friday events and actually do use nails. Perhaps this individual agreed to it but something went wrong. Perhaps someone thought it would be an act of contrition to execute someone that way. The fact it happened in a remote quarry suggests it was done on the sly.
 
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