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Authorities arrested a suspect for the attack with a weapon against a priest in a Greek Orthodox church in Lyon, according to French media.
This person “who may correspond to the description given by the first witnesses” was detained, but did not carry a weapon at the time of his arrest and investigations are continuing for his possible participation.
Lyon prosecutor Nicolas Zacquet confirmed the arrest of a suspect, saying he was arrested at a kebab shop.
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It should be noted that the attack took place at 4:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m. Greek time) in Lyon, when a man of unknown identity fired a shotgun at the priest Nikolaos Kakavelakis, 52, as he was preparing to close his church .
How the attack happened
The priest was “preparing to close his church” at the time of the shooting inside the church, according to a police source and a source close to the investigation.
“There was no service” and “the priest did not wear a dressing gown,” the same source clarified. The 52-year-old priest, who was shot twice, received “in the liver and in contact” and his condition is very serious.
According to a journalist from the French Agency, the small church is located in the center of Lyon, in a neighborhood with houses, and with few passers-by on the streets this first weekend of quarantine.
A source close to local prosecutors in Lyon said the prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into the assassination attempt.
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