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Alexander Kazakevich

Ten years on, France honours Father Jacques Hamel, murdered by two jihadists in his church

Stabbed eighteen times while celebrating mass in his church, France is paying tribute to Father Jacques Hamel, ten years after his assassination by two terrorists who had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group.

Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, near Rouen, is at the heart of Sunday's commemorations, attended by members of the government, François Hollande, who was president of the Republic at the time of the attack, as well as around a hundred elected representatives.

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