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Greek Orthodox Priest Shot in Lyon, France, Gunman on the Run
breitbart ^ | 31 Oct 2020 | JACK MONTGOMERY

Posted on 10/31/2020 12:54:15 PM PDT by MarvinStinson

A gunman is on the run after a Greek Orthodox priest was shot at a church in Lyon, France, according to reports.

The shooting is said to have taken place at the Église Greek Orthodox church in the Jean-Macé sector of the city’s 7th district, with the cleric suffering life-threatening injuries. First responders are at the scene, which has been cordoned off.

BFM TV reports that the victim, who they describe as an archpriest, was shot by a lone male armed with a handgun who approached him which he was locking up his church, citing police sources — although several other sources say the weapon was a sawn-off shotgun.

It is believed that the gunman remains at large at this time.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has instructed people to avoid the area and advised that he, Prime Minister Jean Castex, and President Emmanuel Macron will be coming together to convene a crisis unit.

Prime Minister Castex appears to be at the scene already, telling reporters: “Our determination will not weaken.”

The shooting follows a radical Islamic terrorist attack by a Tunisian migrant at a church in Nice which left three dead, although as yet the nature of the incident in Lyon is unclear.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: france; terrorism
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1 posted on 10/31/2020 12:54:15 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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“the nature of the incident in Lyon is unclear”


2 posted on 10/31/2020 12:55:00 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

Frrrraaaaaaannnnnnnzzzzzzzzz allows Muzzies to have Wild West Gunz?


3 posted on 10/31/2020 12:55:47 PM PDT by Paladin2
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4 posted on 10/31/2020 12:55:55 PM PDT by Borges
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To: MarvinStinson

>>“the nature of the incident in Lyon is unclear”

aaaaand it’s Muslims.


5 posted on 10/31/2020 12:56:56 PM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: MarvinStinson

I hope Macron stays strong...I can’t believe I’m even writing that he was being strong...pleasant surprise.


6 posted on 10/31/2020 12:57:11 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: vikingd00d

Wouldn’t possibly be someone of Arabic descent, would it?


7 posted on 10/31/2020 12:57:26 PM PDT by RightWingNutJob69
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To: Borges

He suspects everyone and no one :)


8 posted on 10/31/2020 12:57:52 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dp0622

The Trump Effect


9 posted on 10/31/2020 12:58:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MarvinStinson

It’s clearly an attack on the body Christ.

The perp is likely but not necessarily a radical terrorist Muslim.


10 posted on 10/31/2020 12:58:59 PM PDT by Combat_Liberalism
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To: MarvinStinson

I can’t even begin to imagine a motive. But luckily there’s a concise description of the perp. /Sarc


11 posted on 10/31/2020 12:59:20 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: MarvinStinson

A handgun or a saw off shotgun..?


12 posted on 10/31/2020 12:59:44 PM PDT by unread (A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
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To: vikingd00d

No Islam, know peace.

Know Islam, no peace.


13 posted on 10/31/2020 12:59:59 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: 05 Mustang GT Rocks; Ad Orientam; alex; antonius; aposiopetic; arielguard; bad company; ...
Orthodox Ping!

Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!

14 posted on 10/31/2020 1:01:52 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: dp0622

Occasionally the French do take appropriate action. France lost huge numbers of brave young men in both World Wars. Remember some French were ruthless Resistance fighters. The muslims just might find the is a fire that has been smoldering .


15 posted on 10/31/2020 1:02:11 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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A FReeper here mailed me that in the longer picture, France was not a pushover country at all.

I don’t know enough about their history.


16 posted on 10/31/2020 1:04:28 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dfwgator

First Macron thought they needed an army to potentially offset the US.

Now he realizes the US is one of the few real friends they have.

And that Trump was right.

But then, heads rolling down the street on a semi regular basis will do that.

I think i’m fairly tough. Ex boxer and all.

If I saw a person decapitated in front of me, I’d faint and wake up in the ER.


17 posted on 10/31/2020 1:06:20 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: MarvinStinson

You let them into your country-—NOW GET THEM OUT forever.


18 posted on 10/31/2020 1:06:43 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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"Migrants"..........COLONISTS!

Europe needs to thank Obama and Clinton for the greatest human invasion in modern history.

"Refugees" are WELCOME!

As they rape the women suck off of welfare,populate with their spawn and murder anyone they feel like.

The USA and the allies lost a great many men to save Europe and it was pretty much in vain.

19 posted on 10/31/2020 1:09:09 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: MarvinStinson

Did the gunman escape on a camel?


20 posted on 10/31/2020 1:18:23 PM PDT by moovova (Not a tagline.)
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