A priest has been killed in an Islamist attack on a church near Rouen in northern France.
Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen released a statement in which he confirmed that Fr Jacques Hamel, 85, died in the attack on the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray by two armed men, who were both later shot dead by police.
They entered the building during Mass, taking the priest and a number of other people, including two nuns, hostage.
French officials have said that one of the attackers suspected of Fr Hamel's murder was on probation and wearing a surveillance tag at the time of the attack. Prosecutor Francois Molins named Adel Kermiche, 19, as the suspect. He was arrested twice last year trying to reach Syria.
