A Greek Orthodox priest has been shot at a church in Lyon, France.
The shooting took place at about 4 p.m. local time on Saturday, after which the assailant fled the scene. Authorities are now searching for the perpetrator.
A police source tells Reuters that the victim was shot twice in the abdomen and is being treated for life-threatening injuries.
Authorities have yet to confirm whether the attack was terror-related.
The country has experienced two recent terrorist attacks. On Thursday, three people were killed during a knife attack inside the Basilica of Notre Dame in Nice, France. Two weeks before that, a teacher was beheaded in a Paris suburb after he showed his students Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
After the killings in Nice, French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the nation was “under attack.” The government has raised the nationwide terror alert to maximum, and soldiers have been deployed to protect schools and places of worship.
