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07-26-2016, 07:05
Elderly priest, 86, is 'beheaded' by two ISIS knifemen shouting 'Allahu Akbar' after they took nuns and worshippers hostage at French church: Police shoot both attackers dead then search for bombs
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
Vatican has condemned the 'barbaric' killing of the 86-year-old priest and an anti-terror investigation is underway
Francois Hollande says men claimed to be from ISIS while terror group has claimed responsibility for the atrocity
One attackers lived locally and had electronic tag having been jailed in France for trying to travel to Syria in 2015
By Peter Allen In France (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Peter+Allen+In+France) and Julian Robinson for MailOnline (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Julian+Robinson+for+MailOnline)
Published: 03:55 EST, 26 July 2016 | Updated: 07:53 EST, 26 July 2016
A priest has been 'beheaded' by two ISIS knifemen who cut his throat after bursting into a French church and taking nuns and worshippers hostage before being shot dead by police.
Five people including the 86-year-old priest, two nuns and two parishioners were held by assailants who raided the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy at 9am.
The clergyman, named as Jacques Hamel, is believed to have been beheaded during the attack while another hostage 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 the men 'claimed to be from' ISIS while the terror group has claimed responsibility through its news agency.
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.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3708394/Two-men-armed-knives-people-hostage-French-church.html#ixzz4FWGJZvU6
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When will France and the rest of Europe learn the lesson Charles Martel, Jan Sobieski, and others knew? The answer is simple: kill the invader swiftly and with violence of action.
Santiago Matamoros (St. James the Moor Slayer), pray for us!
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
Vatican has condemned the 'barbaric' killing of the 86-year-old priest and an anti-terror investigation is underway
Francois Hollande says men claimed to be from ISIS while terror group has claimed responsibility for the atrocity
One attackers lived locally and had electronic tag having been jailed in France for trying to travel to Syria in 2015
By Peter Allen In France (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Peter+Allen+In+France) and Julian Robinson for MailOnline (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Julian+Robinson+for+MailOnline)
Published: 03:55 EST, 26 July 2016 | Updated: 07:53 EST, 26 July 2016
A priest has been 'beheaded' by two ISIS knifemen who cut his throat after bursting into a French church and taking nuns and worshippers hostage before being shot dead by police.
Five people including the 86-year-old priest, two nuns and two parishioners were held by assailants who raided the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy at 9am.
The clergyman, named as Jacques Hamel, is believed to have been beheaded during the attack while another hostage 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 the men 'claimed to be from' ISIS while the terror group has claimed responsibility through its news agency.
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.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3708394/Two-men-armed-knives-people-hostage-French-church.html#ixzz4FWGJZvU6
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter (http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=MailOnline) | DailyMail on Facebook (http://ec.tynt.com/b/rf?id=bBOTTqvd0r3Pooab7jrHcU&u=DailyMail)
When will France and the rest of Europe learn the lesson Charles Martel, Jan Sobieski, and others knew? The answer is simple: kill the invader swiftly and with violence of action.
Santiago Matamoros (St. James the Moor Slayer), pray for us!