Two jihadists wielding knives entered a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, during mass. Two nuns and two parishioners were taken hostage, one nun is seriously injured. The 84-year-old priest, Father Jacques Hamel (pictured left), was forced to kneel down and his throat was slashed while one of the Islamists’ filmed the murder.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack and saying the butchery was carried out by two Islamic State soldiers. The two jihadists were known terror threats and wore ankle monitors, they were later shot by French police. An additional person has been detained as part of investigation.
French President Francois Hollande says he very angry now, and pledges to fight ISIS “using all means possible”. With the ISIS attacks continuing inside France, Mr. Hollande has not ruled out the need for a sternly worded letter. (more…)



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Erdogan is notorious for punishing his enemies. Erdogan will probably open the floodgates for more Islamists to flow freely into the European Union to punish the secularists for their uprising.