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Normandy siege: knifemen 'shouted Daesh and slit 86-year-old priest's throat' after taking nuns hostage in church before being shot dead

Two men who took hostages at a Normandy church have been shot

David Chazan, Paris
James Rothwell

26 July 2016 • 11:37am

Knifemen 'slit priest's throat' in Normandy church
Attackers had taken 86-year-old priest, two nuns and others hostage
Police shot both assailants shortly after
Attack took place in Saint-Etienne-du Rouvray, Normandy
France on high alert following Bastille Day Massacre in Nice

Police have shot dead two men who took a priest and several others hostage at knifepoint at a church in north-western France.

The men shouted "Daesh" and cut the priest's throat before being "neutralised," police said.

Le Figaro newspaper reported that the priest died after his throat was cut.

Source:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...-in-normandy-church/

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