The priest killed at the hands of the suspected ISIS men today in Rouen,
France this morning at a catholic church has been named as 86-year-old
Father Jacques Hamel.
He was ordained in 1958... May his soul Rest in Peace (Amen).
This morning a Catholic priest near Normandy, City of Rouen, France was
found dead after two men armed with knives took hostages at a church and
slit the priest's throat.
But new reports coming out of the crime scene say the knife-men shouted
'Daesh' a message in support of Islamic State (ISIS) as they launched
the attack. Before police units rushed to the church in the Normandy
town of Saint-Etienne-du Rouvray and shot them dead after a long gun
battle.
A
spokesman for the ministry of the interior, Pierre-Henry Brandet,
confirmed that the priest was dead and said another hostage was "between
life and death".
Mr Brandet told French TV channel BFMTV: "The two hostage-takers came
out of the church armed and it was at that point that they were
neutralised by the police."
National Front leader Marine le Pen said: "More horror at Saint Etienne
du Rouvray. The modus operandi obviously leads one to fear a new attack
by Islamist terrorists."
Source: AFP
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