Hostage situation in French church

Bob24 · 26-07-2016 09:53AM #1

Just saw the priest, two nuns, and 2 followers are currently being held hostage in a church in France.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-hostages-idUSKCN1060VA

http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/07/26/97001-20160726FILWWW00078-prise-d-otage-en-cours-dans-une-eglise-de-saint-etienne-du-rouvray-seine-maritime.php

Hopefully not yet another terrorist attack :-/

Your Face · 26-07-2016 10:04AM

Is there anything to be said for another mass.

Bob24 · 26-07-2016 10:15AM

The police is now in control of the situation (I understand attackers have been shot), but the priest was found dead with his throat cut :-( (the other hostages seem to be mostly OK)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/26/two-men-with-knifes-take-hostages-in-normandy-church/

http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/07/26/97001-20160726FILWWW00087-prise-d-otages-dans-une-eglise-pres-de-rouen-les-deux-assaillants-neutralises-le-pretre-egorge.php

Johngoose · 26-07-2016 10:15AM

Bob24 wrote: »

Just saw the priest, two nuns, and 2 followers are currently being held hostage in a church in France.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-hostages-idUSKCN1060VA

http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2016/07/26/97001-20160726FILWWW00078-prise-d-otage-en-cours-dans-une-eglise-de-saint-etienne-du-rouvray-seine-maritime.php

Hopefully not yet another terrorist attack :-/

Does this kind of stuff not even make it into rte news anymore?

maudgonner · 26-07-2016 10:19AM

Johngoose wrote: »

Does this kind of stuff not even make it into rte news anymore?

Yes, it does?

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0726/804911-france/

rjpf1980 · 26-07-2016 10:28AM

Two men with knives stormed a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvary in Normandy seizing a priest two nuns and other hostages. The priest had his throat cut before both men were shot by police.

This wave of violence now a daily event in Europe with crazed fanatics feeding on each other.

The aim is clearly to create a wave of hysteria and inspire mob violence in order to trigger a civil and religious conflict in the heart of Europe.

RobertKK · 26-07-2016 10:34AM

It is on social media that the priest was beheaded.

Hope it is not true.

the groutch · 26-07-2016 10:37AM

rjpf1980 wrote: »

This wave of violence now a daily event in Europe with crazed fanatics feeding on each other.

The aim is clearly to create a wave of hysteria and inspire mob violence in order to trigger a civil and religious conflict in the heart of Europe.

you got all that from a snippet of a news article?

suicide_circus · 26-07-2016 10:38AM

https://www.rt.com/news/353311-france-hostage-church-rouvray/

RT saying the priest's throat cut

RobertKK · 26-07-2016 10:45AM

There are some reports that the two nuns and others in the church had their throats slit.

If true this is again another place where people should feel safe.

It is beyond sad what is happening in Europe, it would bring tears to one's eyes.
The last 12 to 18 months have been dark and every week recently seems to get darker.

skywanderer · 26-07-2016 10:46AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

https://www.rt.com/news/353311-france-hostage-church-rouvray/

RT saying the priest's throat cut

I'm guessing these lads don't like Bacon or women having any human rights; still it's their culture so we must accommodate their hatred incase we might not be politically correct and for fear someone might label us Racist. Priest beheadings is something I last heard the British doing here in the 1600's.

Bob24 · 26-07-2016 10:47AM

Latest I can see on the live feed of French newspaper Le Figaro is:
- Two individuals carrying knifes entered the church through the back-door during service (4 people were attending including 2 nuns)
- According to police sources, at least one of them was wearing a beard and a "chachia" (Muslim woollen hat)
- Priest is dead and his throat was slit
- One other hostage was injured
- The 2 attackers have been shot by the police

rjpf1980 · 26-07-2016 10:48AM

the groutch wrote: »

you got all that from a snippet of a news article?

I'm pretty sure these guys are members of a certain Middle Eastern religion like the perpetrators of other attacks in recent days.

FalconGirl · 26-07-2016 10:52AM

Horrifying. Radical Islam strikes yet again.

Moo Moo Land · 26-07-2016 10:54AM

FalconGirl wrote: »

Horrifying. Radical Islam strikes yet again.

Yeah and Christian church attendances are way down!

RobertKK · 26-07-2016 10:54AM

2nd hostage fighting for their life.

RobertKK · 26-07-2016 10:56AM

Seems one nun escaped the church and contacted the police, she saved a number of lives no doubt.

beach_walker · 26-07-2016 10:57AM

Moo Moo Land wrote: »

Yeah and Christian church attendances are way down!

Pathetic.

BoJack Horseman · 26-07-2016 10:59AM

Moo Moo Land wrote: »

Yeah and Christian church attendances are way down!

That is the important message to take from this story alright.

Well done.

Walter H Price · 26-07-2016 11:00AM

Round and round we go

Bob24 · 26-07-2016 11:02AM

That particular Church was on the target list found in Sid Ahmed Ghlam's documents (he is an Algerian radical islamist currently pending trial for killing a woman in France a few months ago)

BoJack Horseman · 26-07-2016 11:02AM

Walter H Price wrote: »

Round and round we go

Ineed.... but watch as the cogs of cognitive dissonance crank into gear:

Just close your eyes and click your heels.
"It's a tiny minoroty.... there's no place like home
Tiny minority..... enriches our culture.... no place like home.... dissent = racist"

Mod: Banned for persistent trolling

cfuserkildare · 26-07-2016 11:03AM

Yet Angel Merkel still wants us all to take more Syrian Regugee's.

Will they never learn??!!

RobertKK · 26-07-2016 11:04AM

The priest was 86 years old according to reports.

Letree · 26-07-2016 11:07AM

We don't hear as much of Merkel's attempted bullying of Hungary and Poland now to take more refugees. Victor Orban has been proven right. Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic don't seem to be suffering these attacks.

Bubbaclaus · 26-07-2016 11:07AM

cfuserkildare wrote: »

Yet Angel Merkel still wants us all to take more Syrian Regugee's.

Will they never learn??!!

Yes, let's leave 22 million Syrians fleeing war to rot because of the actions of a few.

Hande hoche! · 26-07-2016 11:08AM

Absolutely shocking behaviour. Perhaps it was the far right?

BoJack Horseman · 26-07-2016 11:09AM

Letree wrote: »

We don't hear as much of Merkel's attempted bullying of Hungary and Poland now to take more refugees. Victor Orban has been proven right. Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic don't seem to be suffering these attacks.

The fools....

Do they not realise the benefits of this cultural enrichment?

I suppose they will have to tend to their own daily Christian terrorists..... don't they????

ISOP · 26-07-2016 11:09AM

France must be surely one of the dangerous countries in the world right now, you'd want your head examined to go on a trip there

Bob24 · 26-07-2016 11:10AM

The notives are becoming pretty clear.

"The men shouted "Daesh" and cut the priest's throat before being "neutralised," police said."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/26/two-men-with-knifes-take-hostages-in-normandy-church/

timmyntc · 26-07-2016 11:10AM

Disgraceful that someone would target a church, and a priest no less. These are supposed to be safe, sacred* places. Appalling that someone would do that and it just shows that this is a religiously motivated attack - why else would you target a church and a priest?

I wonder will the Pope apologise for upsetting the attackers in some way...

*sacred if you believe in that kind of thing

Hostage situation in French church

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