One of two suspects in the attack on the parishioners, who killed a priest in the North of France was on the hook for the anti-terrorist organization after a trip to Syria, said Tuesday the French anti-terrorist Prosecutor.
Adele Kermit was wearing an "electronic tag" during a deadly incident with capture of hostages in the Catholic Church in the city of Saint-ц?tienne-du-Rouvray, said Prosecutor Francois Molins. The monitoring device was a condition of his house arrest after he in 2015 made 2 attempts to go abroad to Syria.
Karmic was identified using fingerprints after the attack occurred, which were committed in the name of ISIS, said the President of France Francois Hollande. The second attacker has not been identified. Speaking to reporters in the city, where two men took hostage 5 people during morning mass on Tuesday, Hollande said that the attack was "cowardly murder" carried out "the two terrorists in the name of ISIS".
According to police, 86-year-old Reverend Jacques Hamel, was stabbed in the chest, and after the criminal had slit his throat, the Prosecutor said Molins. The incident occurred at a time when France still grieving after the attack, which occurred during the feast Day of taking Bastiliei and left behind a bloody trail of the 84 victims. Hollande urged the public to remain United in the face of threats.
One of the witnesses said that the congregation pleaded with the attackers to stop. 3 nuns and 2 lay member was taken hostage, said Molins. Another victim, who was not identified, was stabbed in the thigh and the throat, said Molins. The man is in stable condition, he said. Police tried to negotiate through a small side door of the Church, but they could not enter the building early due to the hostage situation, the Prosecutor said. One of the killers wore a fake explosive belt and the other carried a kitchen timer and a fake bomb, he said. The criminals were captured, when he came out of the Church.
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