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It has been
reported that men armed with knife
entered a Church near the northern city
of Rouen, west of Paris, and killed an 85 year old Rev. Father Jacques Hamel, who
was a parish priest of the church.
This happened
on Tuesday during morning mass
They also
took four people hostage.
Police were able to gun down the attackers when they
were coming from the church with their hostages.
Speaking at the scene of the attack in the Normandy
town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, President Francois Hollande said Islamic
State had declared war on France and the state should "use all its
means" within the law to fight the militant group, against which France
has launched air strikes in Syria and Iraq.
The president called it a dreadful terrorist attack and told reporters the attackers had
pledge allegiance to IS. The IS news agency Amaq said two of its soldiers were involved.
According to Reuters The attack was the latest in a
string of deadly assaults including the mass killing in Nice, southern France,
on Bastille Day 12 days ago and four incidents in Germany.
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