Priest's Throat Slit In French Attack: Investigation Sources

Faizan Hashmi Published July 26, 2016 | 04:29 PM

Priest's throat slit in French attack: investigation sources

PARIS,(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th july,2016) - Attackers slit the throat of a priest during a hostage-taking at his church in the northern French town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on Tuesday, sources close to the investigation told AFP. The archbishop of the nearby city of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, named the priest as 84-year-old Jacques Hamel.

The two attackers were killed by police.

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