Militants Paint: Attackers Burst and Attack Church

militants paint: One of the attackers had tried twice to leave for Syria; the second was not identified."To attack a church, to kill a priest, is to profane the republic," French President Francois Hollande told the nation after speaking with Pope Francis, who condemned the killing in the strongest terms, according to Metro News. The Rev. It was the extremist group first attack against a church in the West, and fulfills longstanding threats against "crusaders" in what the militants paint as a centuries-old battle for power. Jacques Hamel was celebrating Mass for three nuns and two parishioners on a quiet summer morning in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray when the attackers burst in and forced the 85-year-old priest to his knees before slicing his throat, according to authorities and a nun who escaped. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said the other hostages were used as human shields to block police from entering. The nun described seeing the attackers film themselves and give a sermon in Arabic around the altar before she fled. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.