French church attacker identified as Adel Kermiche

French church attacker identified as Adel Kermiche

PARIS (APP) - French Prosecutor Francois Molins said Tuesday that one of two militants who attacked a church in a Normandy town, and slit a priest's throat, was 19-year-old Adel Kermiche.

Kermiche was known to security services, having twice been arrested on his way to Syria, and was under house arrest and wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet at the time of the attack.