The speaker in the video identified himself by the jihadist nom de guerre Abul Jaleel al-Hanafi, and said his compatriot was called Ibn Omar. When he heard about the church attack, “I knew it was him, I was sure,” the man said, identifying himself only as Redwan. On Wednesday, the ISIL-affiliated Amaq news agency released a video allegedly showing the church attackers sitting on a floor, clasping hands and pledging allegiance to the group. “(But) be we Christians, Muslims, anything, we have to be together.”Another resident, Said Aid Lahcen, had met the slain priest. “From the moment when you touch a religion, you attack the nation, and you attack a people.

Source: National Post July 28, 2016 04:07 UTC