Murder of Father Jacques Hamel

Church of Saint-Étienne

Killed: 1
Injured: 1
Structures: 0
Denomination: Catholic

Two men pledged to the Islamic State forced an 85-year-old priest to his knees during morning Mass and slit his throat. A worshipper was also critically wounded.

The killing shocked European churches and is commemorated as a modern martyrdom in the French Catholic Church.

Source: BBC · Open report

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