Islamist knifemen forced priest, 84, to kneel and filmed his death as they slit his throat: Hollande says 'France is at war with ISIS' after jihadists storm French church during Mass chanting 'Allahu Akbar'
- Priest had throat cut while another hostage is fighting for life after knifemen burst into Normandy church at 9am
- Reports that one of the attackers shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as they launched attack at Gambetta Church near Rouen
- Vatican has condemned the 'barbaric' killing of the 84-year-old priest and an anti-terror investigation is underway
- ISIS claim responsibility for the atrocity while Francois Hollande says France is 'at war' with the terror group
- One of the attackers lived locally and had electronic tag having been jailed in France for trying to travel to Syria
- French authorities revealed this afternoon that they have arrested a third man in connection with the attack
- Nicolas Sarkozy calls for 'merciless' response as ex-PM said 'everything is being done to trigger a war of religions'
One of the killers was a French 19-year-old named as Adel K., who was being monitored by electronic tag after being jailed for twice attempting to join ISIS in Syria.
After being released from jail early, his bail terms allowed him to be unsupervised between 8.30am and 12.30pm. The attack happened between 9am and 11am.
He is understood to have forced the elderly priest to kneel while his accomplice, who also lived locally and was on a terrorist watchlist, filmed the brutal killing.
This afternoon it emerged that the murdered clergyman was deputising while the regular parish priest was on holiday. A third man, a 17-year-old known as HB and believed to be a relative of Adel K, was arrested at his home in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray following the attack.
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