• March 29, 2024

[BREAKING] Catholic Priest Beheaded In France By Jihadist

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A Catholic priest in France had his throat slit by a radical Islamic jihadist this morning.

From Breitbart:

A hostage situation developed during the daily mass this morning when two attackers entered a church in Rouen, France and took a number of hostages. Between four and six hostages were thought to have been taken, however reports in French media including Le Figaro now suggest the priest leading the mass “had his throat cut” by the attackers.

France’s Le Point magazine reports “corroborating sources” on the ground who witnessed the attackers shouting “Daesh” — Arabic for ‘Islamic State’ — upon entering the church

Given that one hostage, thought to be the parish priest, was killed before police were able to end the situation a force spokesman has said there will be a “comprehensive review”.

Police sources report the two hostage takers were “neutralised” by police and are understood to have been shot dead.

France3 television Normandy reports police and special forces vehicles have arrived on-site and “a dozen shots” have been fired. A priest and a number of worshippers are understood to be among the hostages.

UPDATE 1400 — Church killer was “known to security services”

At least one of the Islamists who was shot dead by police this morning after killing a Catholic priest was known to French security services. Britain’s Sky News reports one of the killers was even electronically tagged and was being monitored by counter-terrorism officers. Le Figaro reports the killer had tried to travel to Syria in 2015 but was forced to return.

He was charged with criminal association and being associated with a terrorist organisation and detained. He was later released with an electronic tag.

https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/757905929949945856

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