Orthodox priest injured in shooting incident in Lyon • In recent weeks there have been a number of Muslim terrorist incidents following the display of cartoons of Muhammad
The French prime minister is patrolling the scene of an attack
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After weeks of Islamist violence in France, suspicion of another attack in the city of Lyon.
An Orthodox priest was injured this evening in the big city by gunfire by an unknown person, and the shooter fled the scene.
The background to the incident is currently unclear, and police have opened an investigation.
As you may recall, in recent weeks there have been a number of terrorist attacks in the country after a teacher presented a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad to his disciples in Paris, and then murdered.
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