ISIS Supporters Kill 84-Year-Old Priest in France Church Attack

In this grab made from video, police officers speak to a driver as they close off a road during a hostage situation in Normandy, France, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. Two attackers seized hostages in a church near the Normandy city of Rouen on Tuesday, killing one hostage by slitting their throat before being killed by police, a security official said. The identities of the attackers and motive for the attack are unclear, according to the official, who was not authorized to be publicly named. (BFM via AP)

The ISIS terrorist group has confirmed two members loyal to the group carried out an attack on a church in the northern French town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, killing a priest and seriously wounding another.

Via its Amaq information site, ISIS said “two soldiers” of the group carried out the attack in Normandy, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors statements posted by the terrorist group that controls swathes of Syria and Iraq.

President Francois Hollande on Tuesday said that “we are at war against Daesh, using an alternate name for ISIS, reported Le Monde. Hollande confirmed it was a terrorist attack and a “cowardly murder.”

France remains on high alert after Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Tunisian man, killed 84 people with a truck, ramming into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice. The July 14 attack was the third major terrorist attack in France in 18 months, including the devastating Paris attacks in November last year.

France extended its state of emergency after the Nice attack, which gives police extra powers to search and place people under house arrest.