2016 NORMANDY CHURCH ATTACK (JULY 26, 2016)

2016 Normandy church attack
Part of Terrorism in FranceIslamic terrorism in Europe   St-Étienne church, where the attack took place
Location	Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray Normandy, France
Coordinates	49.382633°N 1.106940°E,
Date	26 July 2016 09:43 CEST (UTC+2)
Target	Christians
Attack type	knife attack, hostage-taking
Weapons	Knives
Deaths	3 (including both perpetrators)
Non-fatal injuries	1
Perpetrator	Adel Kermiche Abdel Malik Petitjean
Motive	Islamist terrorism

On 26 July 2016, two Islamist terrorists attacked participants in a Mass at a Catholic church in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, northern France. Wielding knives and wearing fake explosive belts, the men took six people captive and later killed one of them, 85-year-old priest Jacques Hamel, by slitting his throat, and also critically wounded an 86-year-old man. The terrorists were shot dead by BRI police as they tried to leave the church.

The attackers, 19-year-olds Adel Kermiche and Abdel Malik Petitjean, had pledged allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which claimed responsibility for the attack.

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