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Urgent: One of the two church attackers identified: French prosecutor

Xinhua, July 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

French Prosecutor Francois Molins on Tuesday said that one of the two church attackers is formally identified as Adel Kermiche.

Kermiche was known to security services and had been arrested twice when he was trying to cross to Syria to join insurgents, confirmed the French prosecutor, adding that the identity of the second attacker has still to be determined. Endit