Adel Kermiche, 18 and Algerian origin, already had signs of radicalization; his family reported it to the French authorities.
Agencies
NORMANDY, France.- one of the two terrorists who beheaded a priest in a church in the French region of Normandy has been identified as Adel Kermiche, a young man of 18 years and Algerian origin, reports the British newspaper ‘the Independent’.
As reported the website of RT, Kermiche and his accomplice, who has not yet been identified, they broke into the church of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, near the city of Rouen, and forced the priest Jacques Hamel, of 86 years old, to kneel while he was beheaded on camera. similar to the executioners of the Islamic State method.
One of the attackers was carrying a gun and shouted ‘Allah Akbar’ when entering the Catholic church, while the other was carrying a fake bomb with a timer.
four other hostages, including two nuns and two parishioners were rescued by a police commando that killed the terrorists shot. At the time, a nun managed to escape to give the alarm.
A family friend of Kermiche revealed that the young man grew up in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, Normandy. His mother is a teacher. In addition, he had a medical sister in Rouen and a brother.
The same friend explained that the family of jihadist youth had previously warned the French authorities about the radicalization of Kermiche.
young was arrested in 2015 while trying to enter Syria to join the Islamic State with the passport of his brother. He was sent back to France.
The priest Jacques Hamel, the victim of this cruel crime, has been described by his parishioners as a gentle, humble and modest person, who decided to continue their vocation despite their elderly.
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