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French Church Attacker Tests Positive For COVID-19
The Tunisian assailant who killed three people at a church in France has tested positive for Covid-19, which could further delay his questioning, a source close to the inquiry said Tuesday.
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France Makes New Arrests Over Nice Church Attack
French police have made two new arrests in the probe into an attack on a church in the southern city of Nice that left three dead, as authorities seek to understand the profile of the suspected killer, judicial sources said on Sunday.
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Security At French Consulate In Puducherry Tightened: Report
Security was tightened at the French Consulate here on Saturday in the wake of an attack on a church in France, said Superintendent of Police Maran.
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Priest Shot Outside French Church, Suspect Arrested
An attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun on Saturday wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting in the French city of Lyon before fleeing, said a police source.
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Third Man Detained Over Deadly Church Attack In France's Nice: Report
A third man has been detained for questioning in connection with the knife attack on a church in the southern French city of Nice which left three people dead, a legal source said Saturday.
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From Pakistan To Bangladesh, Protests Flare Up Against France
France stepped up security nationwide on Friday to guard against Islamist attacks after the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice, while protests flared in parts of the Middle East, Asia and Africa over French caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.
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French Police Question Man In Custody Over Alleged Links To Nice Attacker
A 47-year-old man believed to have been in contact with the suspected knifeman who killed three people at a church in the French city of Nice has been detained for questioning, a judicial source said Friday.
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"Tell My Children I Love Them," France Attack Victim Said Before Death
French president Emmanuel Macron vowed his country would stand firm against religious extremists after a knife-wielding man killed three people at a church, in the country's second attack blamed on Islamist terrorism this month.
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France Church Attacker A 21-Year-Old Tunisian Migrant: Inquiry Sources
The man suspected of killing three people at a church in the southern French city of Nice on Thursday is a 21-year-old Tunisian who arrived in Europe just a few weeks ago, sources close to the inquiry said.
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Woman Beheaded As 3 Killed At France Church, Mayor Says Terror Attack
A woman was beheaded by an attacker with a knife who also killed two other people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, police said, in an incident the city's mayor described as terrorism.
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Teen Who Killed French Priest Buried In Family Crypt Outside Paris
One of the jihadists who murdered a French priest in July was buried in a Paris suburb, where his family owns a crypt, a local official said today. Adel Kermiche, 19, was shot dead by French police after he and another assailant attacked a church on July 26 in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvroy in northern France, murdering priest Jacques Hamel and seriously...
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Cousin Of Church Attacker Charged And Detained: Paris Prosecutor
A cousin of Abdel-Malik Nabil Petitjean, who was formally identified as one of the two men believed to have killed a French priest in a church last week, has been placed in preventive detention, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Sunday.
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French Muslims Invited To Church To Mourn Priest
Muslims across France were invited to participate in Catholic ceremonies today to mourn a priest whose murder by jihadist teenagers sparked fears of religious tension.
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Teen Released, 2 In Custody Following French Church Attack
A French official says a teenager detained following the killing of an 85-year-old priest by a pair of terrorist attackers in northwest France has been released.
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French Church Attacker: From Troubled Childhood To Altar Killer
Adel Kermiche was an attention-seeking child whose behavioural problems frequently led him to a psychiatric hospital and later a specialist school. He died a coldblooded killer who slit the throat of an elderly French priest in the name of ISIS.
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French Church Attacker Tests Positive For COVID-19
The Tunisian assailant who killed three people at a church in France has tested positive for Covid-19, which could further delay his questioning, a source close to the inquiry said Tuesday.
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France Makes New Arrests Over Nice Church Attack
French police have made two new arrests in the probe into an attack on a church in the southern city of Nice that left three dead, as authorities seek to understand the profile of the suspected killer, judicial sources said on Sunday.
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Security At French Consulate In Puducherry Tightened: Report
Security was tightened at the French Consulate here on Saturday in the wake of an attack on a church in France, said Superintendent of Police Maran.
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Priest Shot Outside French Church, Suspect Arrested
An attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun on Saturday wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting in the French city of Lyon before fleeing, said a police source.
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Third Man Detained Over Deadly Church Attack In France's Nice: Report
A third man has been detained for questioning in connection with the knife attack on a church in the southern French city of Nice which left three people dead, a legal source said Saturday.
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From Pakistan To Bangladesh, Protests Flare Up Against France
France stepped up security nationwide on Friday to guard against Islamist attacks after the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice, while protests flared in parts of the Middle East, Asia and Africa over French caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.
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French Police Question Man In Custody Over Alleged Links To Nice Attacker
A 47-year-old man believed to have been in contact with the suspected knifeman who killed three people at a church in the French city of Nice has been detained for questioning, a judicial source said Friday.
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"Tell My Children I Love Them," France Attack Victim Said Before Death
French president Emmanuel Macron vowed his country would stand firm against religious extremists after a knife-wielding man killed three people at a church, in the country's second attack blamed on Islamist terrorism this month.
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France Church Attacker A 21-Year-Old Tunisian Migrant: Inquiry Sources
The man suspected of killing three people at a church in the southern French city of Nice on Thursday is a 21-year-old Tunisian who arrived in Europe just a few weeks ago, sources close to the inquiry said.
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Woman Beheaded As 3 Killed At France Church, Mayor Says Terror Attack
A woman was beheaded by an attacker with a knife who also killed two other people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, police said, in an incident the city's mayor described as terrorism.
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Teen Who Killed French Priest Buried In Family Crypt Outside Paris
One of the jihadists who murdered a French priest in July was buried in a Paris suburb, where his family owns a crypt, a local official said today. Adel Kermiche, 19, was shot dead by French police after he and another assailant attacked a church on July 26 in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvroy in northern France, murdering priest Jacques Hamel and seriously...
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Cousin Of Church Attacker Charged And Detained: Paris Prosecutor
A cousin of Abdel-Malik Nabil Petitjean, who was formally identified as one of the two men believed to have killed a French priest in a church last week, has been placed in preventive detention, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Sunday.
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French Muslims Invited To Church To Mourn Priest
Muslims across France were invited to participate in Catholic ceremonies today to mourn a priest whose murder by jihadist teenagers sparked fears of religious tension.
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Teen Released, 2 In Custody Following French Church Attack
A French official says a teenager detained following the killing of an 85-year-old priest by a pair of terrorist attackers in northwest France has been released.
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French Church Attacker: From Troubled Childhood To Altar Killer
Adel Kermiche was an attention-seeking child whose behavioural problems frequently led him to a psychiatric hospital and later a specialist school. He died a coldblooded killer who slit the throat of an elderly French priest in the name of ISIS.
