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Another attack in France - stranger shoots Orthodox priests in Lyon

2020-10-31T16:50:50.287Z


Another brutal attack has occurred in France: An Orthodox priest was shot and critically injured in front of his church in Lyon


Another brutal attack has occurred in France: An Orthodox priest was shot and critically injured in front of his church in Lyon

Paris - A hitherto unknown person is said to

have shot

an Orthodox

priest

in

Lyon

.

As the French press agency AFP announced on Saturday, citing judicial circles, the perpetrator had fled.

The

Greek priest

was about

to close

the

church

.

According to information, the priest is said to be in

mortal danger

.

🔮 Un prĂȘtre orthodoxe blessĂ© a Ă©tĂ© par ballle ce samedi aprĂšs-midi Ă  Lyon pic.twitter.com/VxbuNqLN7F

- BFMTV (@BFMTV) October 31, 2020

The

incident

occurred just days after the fatal knife stab in

Nice

, in which a 21-year-old suspected

terrorist

from Tunisia fatally attacked three people in a church with a knife.

(dpa)

List of rubric lists: © JEFF PACHOUD / AFP

Source: merkur

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