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An Orthodox priest was shot and killed near a Greek church in Lyon, central France, the attacker fled, local police said Saturday afternoon.
The 52-year-old priest of Greek nationality is right in the VII of the city. He closed down a church on Pere Chevrier street in his district on Saturday afternoon around four o’clock when he was shot twice with a rifle. The priest was taken to the hospital in serious condition, he told paramedics that he did not know his attacker.
The scene has been closed by the police, the aggressor is being searched with great force in the city. The case has been investigated by the criminal police and the antiterrorist prosecutor’s office has not yet dealt with the case.
In the Ministry of the Interior Gérard Darmanin At the same time, the head of the ministry assembled a crisis team after the country had the highest level of terrorist preparedness since the attack two days ago, when an Islamist assassination attempt was carried out with a knife in the Basilica of Notre- Give me in Nice, killing three people.
Although a general quarantine was implemented on Friday to curb the coronavirus epidemic across the country, religious sites and cemeteries were exempted from closing over the weekend to mark All Saints and Dead’s Day.
Following the attack in Nice, Head of State Emmanuel Macron announced at the scene that Operation Sentinelle would increase the number of important facilities, places of worship and soldiers protecting schools from 3,000 to 7,000 in view of All Saints’ Day Sunday.
BREAKING – Massive search for the terrorist who shot an Orthodox priest in a Greek church in #Lyon is now underway.pic.twitter.com/zBhYOzRNst
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