Posted on 07/26/2016 6:13:03 AM PDT by orchestra
Elderly priest, 86, is 'beheaded' by two ISIS knifemen shouting 'Allahu Akbar' after they took nuns and worshippers hostage at French church: Police shoot both attackers dead then search for bombs:
A priest has been 'beheaded' by two ISIS knifemen who cut his throat after bursting into a French church and taking nuns and worshippers hostage before being shot dead by police.
Five people including the 86-year-old priest, two nuns and two parishioners were held by assailants who raided the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy during morning mass at 9am.
The clergyman, named as Jacques Hamel, is believed to have been beheaded during the attack while another hostage is fighting for life in hospital.
The two attackers were 'neutralised' by marksmen as they emerged from the building, which is now being searched for explosives. French president Francois Hollande said the men 'claimed to be from' ISIS while the terror group has claimed responsibility through its news agency.
There were reports the attackers shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as they ran outof the church while at least one of the men was dressed in Islamic clothing.
It comes as it emerged that the building was one of a number of Catholic churches on a terrorist 'hit list' found on a suspected ISIS extremist last April.
There are also reports that one of the attackers was a local resident who was under electronic tag surveillance having been jailed in France for trying to travel to Syria in 2015. His bail terms allowed him to be unsupervised between 8.30am and 12.30pm - the attack happened between 9am and 11.am.
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Any idea when the candlelight vigil and moment of silence will be held?
The MSM is surpressing the beheading description. They prefer slitting his throat, which they deem is less inflammatory. No doubt the rationale is to protect Muslims from any backlash.
Will the French release the priest’s body for burial or just incinerate it?
The French government refused to release the bodies of torture victims from the massacre at the Paris nightclub.
Muslims do the killing and the modern Vishi French run the ovens.
The Amish jokes are getting old.
Listening to Michael Savage.
He says
The Moslems need to be expelled.
All the networks cbs, nbc, cnn, abc are a bunch of communists.
I agree.
In Rouen, birthplace of Jeanne D’Arc.
Is knifemen a new Liberal word ?
Actually, Joan was born in Domremy, crowned the King at Rheims and was burned at the stake in Rouen.
I immediately thought of her when this wicked event occurred. Something about butchering priests just gets to me...
How does France get rid of them? They’re embedded in these zones and there’s a huge population of them - and they’ve got the guns.
I ask this question seriously. I hope France is.
It has got to the point that if the french do not do something soon—they will lose the chance forever. Their people their culture and civilization will die.
Something far worse will replace it on every level.
The same here! I’m seeing more and more burkhas on the street.
I’m working for the Philadelphia Housing Authority right now. More black muslims than I thought, but also unafraid Christians.
I had those details a bit scrambled. You are of course correct.
I had to think about it too.
I don’t know how dangerous black muslims are. Here, where I am, I’m seeing women in authentic burkas not those dumb outfits the black muslim women wear. And they’re not African-Americans!
I agree too. But you’ll go nuts if you don’t joke once in a while.
Damn right wingers.
When I first heard about the refugee mess, it never occurred to me the violence would go down this quickly.
I think parts of Europe falls to Islam. Because in the image of Daniel chapter 2, the legs East to West so it’s five toes from Europe and five toes from the Middle East.
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