Pair forced priest to his knees and slit his throat

A nun who escaped the Islamic State (IS) attack on Fr Jacques Hamel said the 86-year-old priest was forced to his knees before he throat was slit.

The nun, identified as Sr Danielle, said she saw the two attackers video themselves and “give a sermon in Arabic” around the altar at the church near Rouen in Normandy.

IS has claimed responsibility for the attack, the first in a church in the West.