Priest receives online death threats

Country: France

Date of incident: November 12, 2023


A priest from the Church of Saint-Joseph in Valence, Drôme region, was threatened with death by an Internet user on the social network "Discord" on November 12.

According to Cnews, the suspect reportedly threatened to slaughter him and to destroy the church. The threat is said to be in the context of the terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas in October. 

Sources: 20minutes, linfo.re, cnews

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