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‘Anxious And Anguished’: Attacker Shoots Orthodox Priest With Shotgun In France

Jon Brown
‘Anxious And Anguished’: Attacker Shoots Orthodox Priest With Shotgun In France
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A manhunt is underway for an unknown assailant who fled after shooting a Greek Orthodox priest in the abdomen with a sawed-off shotgun as he was closing his church Saturday in Lyon, France.

Nikolas Kakavelakis, a 45-year-old Greek citizen and father of two, is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot twice, according to The Associated Press. An anonymous public official told the AP that the attacker was alone.

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