The two attackers claim to be associated with the Islamic State and one attacker has been monitored by police for over a year, according to the Associated Press.
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President Francois Hollande vowed Tuesday to wage war against Daesh “by every means” within the law after two men linked to the terror group killed a priest in a French church.
The mosque in a northern French town where a local priest was killed on Tuesday was inaugurated 16 years ago on land donated by the Catholic parish to which he belonged.
Molins said the person who was injured in the attack is no longer in life-threatening condition.
The priest died after having his throat slit, sources close to the investigation told AFP.
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday condemned “in the strongest terms” the attack on a church in France that saw a priest killed by Islamic State group followers.
Singapore offered its condolences in a statement issued last night.
Kermiche spent about ten months in prison charged with “plotting to prepare a terrorist attack”, however he had been released on May 2nd this year under judicial supervision. “Nothing can justify such a brutal act”, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Prosecutor Francois Molins said Adel Kermiche, 19, was twice arrested a year ago trying to reach Syria.
Describing the murder, the nun, identified as Sister Danielle, told French TV: ‘They forced him to his knees.
The second attacker has not been identified by authorities.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls expressed his horror at what he called “a barbaric attack on a church”.
Despite low number of casualties, the attack still shocked France and Europe at large as it hit a small town far from bustling cities like Paris and Nice, prompting fears that terrorists have managed to penetrate deeper into the region.
A nun said the attackers recorded themselves during the attack and did a sort of sermon around the altar in Arabic.
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The attack comes nearly two weeks after the Bastille Day massacre in Nice which left 84 people dead after Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhel drove a truck into a crowd celebrating the national holiday on 14 July.
