2 Hostage Takers Killed After Slitting Priest’s Throat In Assault On French Church
Two men stormed a northern French church, killing a priest and seriously wounding another person, before they were shot dead by police, in what authorities said they are treating as a terrorist attack. The men took five hostages, including the priest, in the church in the small town of Saint Etienne du Rouvray in Normandy. The priest was later found with his throat cut, police said. Police surrounded the church and shot the two men as they exited the building, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. France’s President François Hollande and Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve are on their way to the town, said government officials. The assault is being treated as a terror attack by investigators, Paris prosecutors said in a statement. A Vatican spokesman said that Pope Francis shares the “pain and horror” of the attack, which he called a “barbarous” act in a sacred place.
Summary:
- Two knifemen took several hostages during mass
- They killed the 84-year-old priest, Jacques Hamel, with unconfirmed reports saying his throat was cut; they were then shot dead by police
- Three churchgoers were also injured, one of them seriously
- President François Hollande is heading to scene; Counter terror judges have been called in to investigate
- Police searching church for explosives
In the latest European assault to take place just over the past hour, two knifemen raided the Church of the Gambetta in the northern French town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, near Rouen in the département of Seine-Maritime (see map below) at 10am on Tuesday, taking between 4 and 6 hostages and allegedly killing a priest before being killed by police. According to subsequent unconfirmed reports the priest had been beheaded.
Another worshipper is said to have been seriously wounded.
Both attackers have been killed by police, an interior ministry spokesman confirmed to Reuters. The Paris anti-terrorist prosecutor is launching an investigation into the church attack and hostage-taking situation, the spokesman added
According to France 24, the attackers were armed with guns, and opened fire at the police while shouting “Allah Akbar”
Subsequent reports suggest that one of the suspects tried to travel to Syria last year.
The killed priest has been identified as 84 year old Jacques Hamel.
One resident was walking to church as the horror broke out. He told French newspaper MetroNews: “I was going to go out and do my shopping when the police started shouting me to go straight home and barricade myself.
“There is a lot of agitation, the police are bulletproof vest and armed.”
While the motives of the hostage taking are still unclear it comes at a time when France is on high alert after a spate of recent terror attacks.
Firefighters, along with SWAT and anti-terror units, came to the scene, and said that there were several people wounded in the attack, RTL France media outlet said.
The Vatican has condemned the “barbaric killing” of the priest in the attack, saying it was made even more heinous by the fact that it happened in a sacred place.
French President Francois Hollande is on his way to the site of the attack, according to an official statement from Elysee Palace. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is also headed to the scene of the hostage-taking, the ministry said.
Will the Vegas odds bookmaker take bets on whether the perps guns were legal?
Not if he’s an honest bookie.
We should all wear the cross of St. James Matamoros (moorslayer) on shirts, hats, etc. to show our disdain for these barbarians. I got the idea form the Vlad Tepes blog.
do you have a source for the t-shirts?
The St. James cross became a symbol of the struggle against Islamic incursion in Spain and adorned the tunics of her knights until 1492 when Spain was finally freed. Today the St. James cross adorns the uniforms of the Spanish Legion, and has become a modern symbol against the violent spread of religious tyranny around the world.
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BTW,
Saint Etienne, (the town/village/area, whatever) was one known for arms-manufacture from the 1500’s.
I guess, not so much anymore…
Police armed and wearing body armor? Why? They are only good for writing a report and counting bodies. The police cannot protect you. We are the ultimate first line of defense. The Democrats WILL take our firearms don’t let that happen.
Yessiree otc,
“They are only good for writing a report and counting bodies.”
And they are referred to as 1st responders?
as in Ron White’s sketch:
” Everybody on the plane was nervous, but I’d been drinking since lunch, so I was like, “Take it down, I don’t give a shit.” You ever have one of those days? “Hit somethin’ hard, I don’t wanna limp away from this piece of shit.” The guy sitting next to me is losing his mind. Apparently, he had a lot to live for. He goes “Hey man! [gasps for air] Hey, man! Hey, man! [gasps for air] If one of these engines fails, [gasps for air] how far will the other one take us?” [As himself]”All the way to the scene of the crash! Which is pretty handy, ’cause that’s where we’re headed. I bet we beat the paramedics there by a half-hour! We’re haulin’ ass!”
overthecliff says: Police armed and wearing body armor? Why? They are only good for writing a report and counting bodies.
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I suppose you are generalizing, but in this case, the French police shot the attackers dead.
If Trump is not elected president we will have millions more Muslims in America doing this kind of shit on a weekly basis. This is meant to terrorize the European population into complete submission to the European politicians who are the ones betraying them.
Once again follow the money. You’re quickly become aware of who is financing this invasion and why.
bb,
pray tell, who it is financing this invasion? I will value your
opinion.
george soros?
why is it being funded?
thanks, bb.
susanna – it is the taxpayers.
Hint: they also run Hollywood.
This comment is more like it bb.
France and Germany are both under violent attack over the past week or so (I think Germany is up to a half dozen violent attacks over the last week).
Both are in denial of the root cause, with the governments actually working against their people to protect the cause of the attacks.
Glad that can’t happen here.
FWIW, and probably not related, I hear that the Democratic convention has “Interfaith prayer rooms” set aside that are actually intended for and used only by Muslims.
Don’t worry about the mohammedans. We can just go to our safe place. There are those among us who sell out for personal gain at the expense of civilization itself. They need to be educated about the seriousness of their actions.
There’s a reason why the Spaniards threw out the Jews along with the Muslims.
Imagine the shitstorm if I walked into the local mosque and pulled this stunt on their precious imam. Fuckers would completely lose their shit. But our reaction? I wonder what the tipping point will be and when it will come, because it will come.. Or am I missing something?
Oh, it’s coming, walt. No telling what the trigger is, but this kind of shit won’t stand for long, even in pussy europe.
The law of averages would indicate the jhad will croak a loved family member of an organized crime syndicate figure , the repercussions should be spectacular when that happens.
These Islamist are ‘creatures’.
All the things you see going on now, the Islamic attacks, takeover of the areas they “migrate” to, installation of Sharia both in an official sense and in their attacks on everything from unheadbagged women and bars, the police and non Muslims in general in the areas they dominate, etc., are not a new thing.
They are a repeat of a very old and longstanding thing, an Islamic thing.
You are seeing the cause of the Crusades played out before your eyes, but played out this time before an audience that has no real will or motivation to do anything about it and with rulers that seem to support and protect it instead of fighting it.