Police officers examine the entrance of the Orthodox Church in Lyon, France, where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest on October 31. Photo: AFP
Police officers examine the entrance of the Orthodox Church in Lyon, France, where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest on October 31. Photo: AFP
Crime

Georgian man admits shooting Greek priest in France: ‘revenge over love affair’

  • The 40-year-old, originally from Georgia ‘turns out to be the husband of a woman who was having an affair with the victim’
  • Nikolaos Kakavelakis, 52, was shot twice in the chest but emerged from a coma and was able to tell police who had fired

Police officers examine the entrance of the Orthodox Church in Lyon, France, where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest on October 31. Photo: AFP
Police officers examine the entrance of the Orthodox Church in Lyon, France, where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest on October 31. Photo: AFP
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