- "Priest had throat cut while another hostage is fighting for life after knifemen burst into Normandy church at 9am
- Reports that one of the attackers shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as they launched attack at Gambetta Church near Rouen
- One attackers lived locally and had electronic tag having been jailed in France for trying to travel to Syria in 2015"
The
86-year-old priest was butchered while two nuns and two parishioners
were held by assailants who raided the church in
Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy during morning mass at
9am.
The
clergyman, named as Jacques Hamel, is believed to have been beheaded
during the attack while another hostage, said to be a nun, is fighting
for life in hospital.
The
two attackers were 'neutralised' by marksmen as they emerged from the
building, which is now being searched for explosives. French president
Francois Hollande said France is 'at war' with ISIS while the terror
group has claimed responsibility for the killing.
There
were reports the attackers shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as they ran out of
the church while at least one of the men was dressed in Islamic
clothing.
It
comes as it emerged that the building was one of a number of Catholic
churches on a terrorist 'hit list' found on a suspected ISIS extremist
last April.
There
are also reports that one of the attackers was a local resident who was
under electronic tag surveillance having been jailed in France for
trying to travel to Syria in 2015. His bail terms allowed him to be
unsupervised between 8.30am and 12.30pm - the attack happened between
9am and 11.am."...
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