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mein Greek Orthodox priest has been shot in Lyon. Therefore, the victim’s condition must be “serious”. Several French media reported that he was hospitalized with fatal injuries, citing police. The perpetrator is said to continue to flee. A large number of people seek it out.
According to information from “FranceInfo”, two shots were fired near a Greek Orthodox church. The “AP” news agency reported, citing a police officer, that the attacker was alone and fired with a hunting rifle. The priest, who comes from Greece, was about to “close his church,” he said.
Security and rescue workers were on the scene. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the immediate vicinity should be avoided. Prime Minister Jean Castex returned to the capital early from a trip to Rouen. A crisis team has already been set up in Paris to deal with the attack.
Nothing is yet known about the exact background. On Thursday there were Islamist attacks on believers in Nice and Avignon. A 21-year-old suspected Tunisian terrorist had killed three people with a knife in a church in Nice.
French Interior Minister Darmanin sees the country as “at war against Islamist ideology,” as he said on Friday. “Islamism is a form of fascism in the 21st century.” France will fight against the internal and external threat with all the means of the rule of law.
