Second French church attacker identified - News Summed Up

Second French church attacker identified


(CNN) French officials on Thursday identified the second man who carried out this week's deadly attack on a Catholic church in northern France as Abdel-Malik Nabil Petitjean. Kermiche was identified via fingerprints after the attack, which French President Francois Hollande called a "cowardly assassination" committed in the name of ISIS. He and Adel Kermiche, also 19, were killed by police after taking hostages Tuesday at a church in St.-Etienne-du-Rouvray in the Normandy region. The national French newspaper Le Monde responded to the recent violence by announcing it would no longer publish photos of assailants in terror attacks. The two killed 86-year-old priest Jacques Hamel by stabbing him in the chest and slitting his throat, and took three nuns and two churchgoers hostage.


Source: CNN July 28, 2016 08:12 UTC



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