Days before the church attack counter-terrorist police in France were warned he could be about to act. The young 19-year-old man was formally identified on Thursday as Abdel Malik Petitjean, from the Alps region of south east France. However during a raid on the home of the attacker, 19-year-old Adel Kermiche, police found an identity card belonging Abdel Malik Petitjean. Isis claimed Tuesday's attack on a church in France during which an 86-year-old priest's throat was cut, saying it had been carried out by two of its "soldiers". According to Amaq, the two were "soldiers of the Islamic State who carried out the attack in response to calls to target countries of the Crusader coalition".

Source: The Local July 28, 2016 06:11 UTC