Question: So, it is God who sends murderers?...

Answer: But our bodies have to die! And is it not better to die from a bandit’s hand, than of cancer? Now, every fourth death in our city is due to cancer. So what kind of death would you prefer: quick or slow?

People die in the way they deserve. He, who killed others in this or past life, will get killed with the same kind of pain, so that he could experience this pain and learn to sympathize with the pain of others. Only repentance can save one from this — sincere repentance, accompanied with compassion toward the victims, be they people or animals, willingness to expiate the sin with one’s own pain — then it will be taken into account.