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Published on: VG

July 26, 2016

Rouen, Normandy. Priest Jacques Hamel, 85, was slaughtered while celebrating Mass in the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray during a kidnapping carried out by two Islamic extremists in his parish. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack. One of the attackers was under surveillance and wearing an electronic bracelet. The two attackers were killed by French special forces.