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Soldiers provide a security perimeter around an Orthodox church in Lyon, where a priest of Greek nationality was shot twice with a sawed-off shotgun around 4:00 pm local time. The perpetrator is on the run. (COMPLETE VIDI8UA9EA_EN) IMAGES
The Greek Orthodox church in Lyon remains closed the day after an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun seriously wounded a priest in a shooting outside the church. The city's public prosecutor later announced that a suspect had been arrested. IMAGES
An attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting in the French city of Lyon before fleeing, according to police. IMAGES
French police are securing the church in Nice where a priest was attacked and slightly injured. The mayor of the city, Christian Estrosi, is seen at the scene with Eric Ciotti, deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes. IMAGES
Roseline Hamel, the sister of a priest murdered in France, the Archbishop of Rouen Dominique Lebrun and lawyers for the civil parties and the defence leave the courtroom at the special assize court in Paris pending the verdict in the trial of the murder of Father Hamel, in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray. Hamel, 85, was giving Mass in the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, in northern France, on July 26, 2016 when he was killed by Islamist assailants. IMAGES