Church attackers claimed allegiance to ISIS, says French prez Hollande

July 26, 2016 17:24

Updates at this moment: German media reports a doctor has been shot at and a gunman has shot himself at a clinic in Berlin. The shooting took place at 11:00 am (Germany time) in the Steglitz district, located in the southwest region of the city.

French President Francois Hollande says the two assailants in church attack claimed allegiance to Islamic State, reports Reuters.

n 86-year-old priest had his throat slit by two 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 priest, two nuns and two parishioners were held by the assailants who raided the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy on Tuesday.

Image: Police and rescue workers at the scene after two assailants took five people hostage in the church at Saint-Etienne-du -Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy. Photograph: Steve Bonet/Reuters

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