Adel Kermiche

France church attackers `smiled` and spoke of Quran

One of the jihadists who murdered an elderly French priest smiled as he carried out the attack, and nuns who witnessed the grisly murder said the killers spoke about the Quran.

Jul 30, 2016, 09:52 AM IST

French PM `open` to interim ban on foreign funding of mosques

France`s prime minister said on Friday he was "open" to a temporary ban on foreign financing for mosque building, after a spate of attacks in the country claimed by jihadists.

Jul 29, 2016, 13:13 PM IST

France names second church attacker

French prosecutors on Thursday identified the second jihadist involved in the brutal killing of an elderly priest, as calls mounted for the prime minister and interior minister to resign after the latest terror attack.

Jul 28, 2016, 16:07 PM IST

Second French church attacker was known to police: Report

Police have identified the second assailant who attacked a church in northern France this week as a 19-year-old known to security services as suspected of having Islamist militant links, sources said on Thursday.

Jul 28, 2016, 14:08 PM IST

French church attackers pledged allegiance to ISIS in video

Two jihadists who attacked a French church and killed a priest pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, a video showed Wednesday, as investigators worked to identify the second assailant.

Jul 28, 2016, 02:05 AM IST

France priest killer was 'Syria obsessed time-bomb'

Adel Kermiche and another unidentified man stormed the centuries-old stone church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, taking priest Jacques Hamel hostage.

Jul 27, 2016, 19:20 PM IST