Mass-goer forced to film Fr Hamel's murder speaks of ordeal

A witness to Father Hamel's murder has spoken for the first time about what happened

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An elderly man left for dead by the killers of Fr Jacques Hamel has revealed he was forced to film the horrific murder as it took place inside the church near Rouen.

Guy Coponet, 87, had been attending Fr Hamel’s Mass with his wife when two Islamic extremists, Adel Kermiche and Abdel-Malik Petitjean, burst in and attacked on July 26.

Speaking publicly for the first time, Mr Coponet told the Famille Chretienne, (Christian Family) website: "I had to film my friend Father Jacques's murder! I can't get over it.

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