2016 Normandy church attack
| 2016 Normandy church attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Terrorism in France & Islamic terrorism in Europe | |
St-Étienne church, where the attack took place | |
| Location | Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray Normandy, France |
| Coordinates | 49.382633°N 1.106940°E, |
| Date | 26 July 2016 09:43 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Target | Attendees of Catholic Mass |
Attack type | knife attack, hostage-taking |
| Weapons | Knives |
| Deaths | 3 (Hamel and both perpetrators) |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrators | Adel Kermiche Abdel Malik Petitjean |
| Motive | Islamist terrorism |
On 26 July 2016, two Islamist terrorists attacked participants in a Mass at a Catholic church in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy, northern France. Wielding knives and wearing fake explosive belts, the men took six people captive and later killed one of them, 85-year-old priest Jacques Hamel, by slitting his throat, and also critically wounded an 86-year-old man. The terrorists were shot dead by BRI police as they tried to leave the church.
The attackers, 19-year-olds Adel Kermiche and Abdel Malik Petitjean, had pledged allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which claimed responsibility for the attack.
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