Medium killed, tomb desecrated in latest Brazil attacks - Yahoo News

A well-known medium popular with the stars was killed and the tomb of another was desecrated Friday in the latest wave of violence targeting spiritualists in several days in Brazil, police said.

Police are investigating after the body of Gilberto Arruda, 73, was found with his hands bound and his face swollen at the "Lar de Frei Luiz" spiritual center in Jacarepagua, a district of western Rio.

Arruda practiced "spiritual surgery," local media said, and claimed to be able to receive the spirit of a World War II German doctor.

Former Brazilian tennis champion Gustavo Kuerten reportedly had attended the center and undergone a "spiritual operation" of the spine in the past.

Separately, the tomb of popular medium Chico Xavier was desecrated in Uberaba, in Minas Gerais state, between Thursday and Friday.

Medium killed, tomb desecrated in latest Brazil attacks - Yahoo News