2016 Normandy church attack | |||
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Location | Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray Normandy, France | ||
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Target | Christians | ||
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Weapons | Knives | ||
Deaths | 3 (including both perpetrators) | ||
Non-fatal injuries | 1 | ||
Perpetrator | Adel Kermiche Abdel Malik Petitjean | ||
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On 26 July 2016, two Islamist terrorists attacked participants in a Mass at a Catholicchurch in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, northern France. Wielding knives and wearing fake explosive belts, the men took six people captive and later killed one of them, 85-year-old priestJacques Hamel, by slitting his throat, and also critically wounded an 86-year-old man. The terrorists were shot dead by BRI police as they tried to leave the church.
The attackers, 19-year-olds Adel Kermiche and Abdel Malik Petitjean, had pledged allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which claimed responsibility for the attack.
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