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Added on the 27/07/2016 13:31:13 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
The sister of Father Hamel, murdered in 2016 in a church on the outskirts of Rouen, a survivor of the attack, Guy Coponet, and the archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, arrive at the trial in Paris. IMAGES
Five people were taken hostage on Tuesday in France by two attackers. One of the hostages, was a 84-year-old priest. He was killed by the attackers, before the two were taken down by police.
Two men slit the throat of a priest at a church in northern France, before they are shot dead by police.
Footage courtesy fo @Harp-detective shows Crowds of people running away from the scene of an attack in Nice on Thursday, after a truck drove through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores others. The driver, a 31-year-old French citizen of Tunisian origin, was killed after police shot him through the windshield.
Security has been visibly stepped up across France on Friday, following the deadly attack in Nice the previous evening when a truck was driven through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, leaving at least 84 dead and around 100 injured. French President Francois Hollande announced the extension of the State of Emergency and the deployment of 10,000 additional police officers across the country.