Police officers at the scene after a Greek Orthodox priest was shot in the city of Lyon, central France (Laurent Cipriani/AP)A Greek Orthodox priest was shot on Saturday while he was closing his church in the French city of Lyon, police said. The priest, a Greek citizen, is in a local hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot twice in the abdomen, a police official told The Associated Press. Expand Close A soldier blocks access to the scene after a Greek Orthodox priest was shot in the city of Lyon (Laurent Cipriani/AP) AP/PA Images / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp A soldier blocks access to the scene after a Greek Orthodox priest was shot in the city of Lyon (Laurent Cipriani/AP)French anti-terrorist authorities were following the case but not investigating Saturday’s shooting. “We don’t know at this stage the motive for this attack.”Antoine Callot, the pastor at another Greek Orthodox church in Lyon, identified the wounded priest as Nikolas Kakavelakis, a 45-year-old father of two, the Associated Press reported. The Greek Foreign Ministry said in a statement: “We condemn the attack against an Orthodox priest of Greek origin near the Church of the Annunciation in Lyon, France.

Source: Irish Independent October 31, 2020 17:21 UTC