France is paying tribute to Father Jacques Hamel, who was stabbed 18 instances whereas celebrating Mass in a church, 10 years after he was assassinated by two terrorists pledging allegiance to Islamic State.
Saint-Etienne-du-Louvray, close to Rouen, was the middle of Sunday’s memorial service, attended by officers from the federal government of François Hollande, president of the republic on the time of the assault, and about 100 elected members.
A mass is being celebrated within the church the place the 86-year-old parish priest was killed, with Cardinal Jean-Marc Avelines, president of the French Bishops’ Convention, presiding.
Matignon mentioned Prime Minister Sébastien Lecorne gave a speech earlier than paying tribute to the police, firefighters and SAMU emergency medical employees who had been on the entrance line through the July 26, 2016 assault.
The Seine-Maritime Nationwide Police paid tribute to Jacques Hamel and his reminiscence in a message posted on X. “Exemplary Braveness” of these officers “I confronted my worry”.
“Immediately, our ideas are with him, his household and all those that acted in a humane method.” A message is written.
Bernard Cazeneuve, who served as inside minister in 2016, remembers: “It incorporates not solely the faces of pacifists, the braveness of the BRI and BAC who stopped the jihadists, (…) the sorrow that befell the nation, but additionally the fraternity of our individuals, which transcends beliefs and affiliations and is centered on human and republican values.”
“They’re the cement of the home referred to as France.” He concludes:
The 2 19-year-old attackers, Adel Kermiš and Abdelmalik Petitjean, had been shot lifeless by police.
On March 9, 2022, three of his shut aides, Yassin Sebaihia, Farid Keril, and Jean-Philippe Stephen Jean-Louis, had been placed on trial. “Prison terrorist conspiracy” They had been sentenced to eight, 10, and 13 years in jail, respectively.
A fourth defendant, Rashid Qasim, who was absent from the trial and believed to have been killed in Iraq in 2017, was sentenced to life in jail in absentia.
Established in 2017 by the Catholic Media Federation, the Father Jacques Hamel Award yearly acknowledges journalistic work centered on peace, fraternity, and interreligious dialogue.
