One of the attackers in the recent church attack in France was under close police surveillance following two failed attempts to join Daesh in Syria, says France's anti-terrorism prosecutor. On Tuesday, 19-year-old Adel Kermiche and an unnamed second attacker were killed by security forces following their exit from a church in Normandy after ...

French President Francois Hollande said that hostage crisis in northern Normandy region is a terrorist attack, the two knifemen had links with Daesh. Earlier inthe day, two armed men took five people hostage atthe Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray church inthe Seine-Maritime commune. According tothe France Info news outlet, both attackers have been killed ...

At least three people havebeen killed after two knife-wielding men took a number of people hostage at a church in northern France, police say. According to police sources, between four and six people were held by the assailants at the church in the Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray town of Frances northern Normandy region on Tuesday before security forces ...