French church attacker had tried to reach Syria, was monitored


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 Jul 2016

PARIS (Reuters) - One of the two knife-wielding men who attacked a church in France on Tuesday has been named as 19-year-old Adel Kermiche, who was under close surveillance after two failed attempts to reach Syria last year, France's anti-terrorism prosecutor said.

Kermiche and the second attacker, who remains unidentified, were killed by police as they came out of the church in Kermiche's hometown in Normandy after taking hostages and fatally slitting the throat of an elderly priest.

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