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| Priest killed after hostages taken in Normandy church, French police say | |
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| A priest has been killed in the Normandy region of northern France after two men armed with knives took hostages in a church before being shot dead by police. | |
| A police source told Reuters it appeared the priest’s throat had been slit. A French interior ministry spokesman said a second hostage was in a critical condition. | |
| Five people – reportedly a priest, two nuns and two worshippers – were taken hostage by the assailants in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, near Rouen. French media reported that one of the hostages managed to escape to raise the alarm. | |
| A security official told Associated Press that that the identities of the attackers and motive for the attack were unclear. | A security official told Associated Press that that the identities of the attackers and motive for the attack were unclear. |
| The French president, François Hollande, and the interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve were en route to Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. | |
| The hostage-taking comes with France on high alert after an attack in Nice that killed 84 people earlier this month. | The hostage-taking comes with France on high alert after an attack in Nice that killed 84 people earlier this month. |