Suspect in Custody After Priest Killed in Western France

Suspect in Custody After Priest Killed in Western France
Police tape at a crime scene in a file photo. Robert Cianflone/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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PARIS, France—A priest was killed Monday in a small town in western France, and the suspect is a man he had housed for months, a local religious leader said.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed the killing, adding that he was heading to the Vendee region after the “dramatic assassination.”