Leaders vow IS terrorists ‘will not prevail’

British Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed that Islamist terrorists “will not prevail” in the wake of Tuesday’s murder of a Catholic priest in northern France.

Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the killing, describing the two knifemen who slit the throat of 85-year-old Fr Jacques Hamel and seriously injured an 86-year-old parishioner as its “soldiers”.

French President François Hollande — who met faith leaders and spoke with Pope Francis following the attack — said his country was at “war” with IS, adding: “To attack a church, to kill a priest, is to profane the republic.”