World News | Orthodox Priest Shot at Church in France, Attacker at Large
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. French police say a Greek Orthodox priest was shot Saturday outside his church in the city of Lyon, and police are hunting for the assailant.
Lyon, Oct 31 (AP) French police say a Greek Orthodox priest was shot Saturday outside his church in the city of Lyon, and police are hunting for the assailant.
The priest is in a local hospital with life-threatening injuries after being hit in the abdomen, a police official told The Associated Press.
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The attacker was alone and fired from a hunting rifle, said the official, who was not authorized to be publicly named.
Police locked down the neighbourhood around the church and warned the public on Twitter to stay away.
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The reason for the attack is unclear. It comes two days after an Islamic extremist knife attack at a Catholic church in the French city of Nice that killed three people, amid tensions over the publication of caricatures mocking the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. (AP)
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