Greek Orthodox priest shot with sawed-off shotgun outside a church in Lyon, France

A Greek Orthodox priest who was closing a church in Lyon, France, was shot Saturday by a lone assailant using a sawed-off shotgun, the France National Police said.

The 52-year-old priest was shot in the stomach and his condition is considered life-threatening, according to police and the Lyon prosecutor's office.

The assailant fled after the shooting and remains at large. A police spokesperson said the shooter was dressed a long black coat and a black beanie, and seemed to be hiding the shotgun under his coat.

Investigators are trying to determine whether a man arrested Saturday night was the gunman behind the attack, or has information about it, according to a police official.

The reason for the shooting was unclear. It happened two days after an Islamic extremist knife attack at a Catholic church in the French city of Nice that killed three people, and amid ongoing geopolitical tensions caricatures mocking the Muslim Prophet Muhammad published in satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

Source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/orthodox-priest-shot-at-church-in-france-motive-unknown

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/europe/france-shooting-priest-lyon-scli-intl/index.html

Source: https://apnews.com/article/lyon-shootings-france-nice-6e25840589075350419437a2e43f27cb

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