Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on church and killing priest in France
Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on church and killing priest in France
PARIS _ A pair of attackers armed with knives slipped into a Roman Catholic church in northern France on Tuesday during morning Mass and killed an elderly priest by slitting his throat before being shot dead by police, French officials said.
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
France church attack: Men 'slit elderly priest's throat' after taking hostages at Normandy church
France church attack: Men 'slit elderly priest's throat' after taking hostages at Normandy church
Police said they had neutralised both attackers in the town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray
The Independent UK
The Independent UK
France church attack: Men who killed elderly priest in Normandy hostage crisis pledged allegiance to Isis
France church attack: Men who killed elderly priest in Normandy hostage crisis pledged allegiance to Isis
The terrorist group released a statement praising the men as 'soldiers of the Islamic State'
The Independent UK
The Independent UK