Muslims in the hometown of Adel Kermiche , one of the teenage attackers who slit the throat of an elderly priest in a church in France, have refused to bury him. A nun who was in the church — identified as Sister Danielle — said the priest was forced to the ground before his throat was slit. Mr Sacarabany said the jihadist was originally born in Algeria and had a sister who is a doctor in Rouen and a brother.
Their mother is a professor. The French government has come under increasing criticism f or failing to prevent atrocities, including the attack in Normandy. Security services were tipped off that Petitjean was planning an attack but police were reportedly unable to identify him from photos and video footage showing him declaring allegiance to the so-called Islamic State.
Kermiche was also known to security services and was wearing an electronic surveillance tag while on bail as he awaited trial for membership of a terror organisation at the time. The attack came less than a than a fortnight after the Nice attack , when a Tunisian man killed 84 people and injured more when he ploughed a lorry into crowds celebrating Bastille Day.
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