Trial over jihadist murder of Father Hamel begins in Paris - Vatican News

Nearly six years after the murder of Father Jacques Hamel in his church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray four alleged accomplices went on trial in Paris, on Monday. The Archbishop of Rouen expresses hope the trial will bring justice to the victims, but also give a clearer picture of the motives of his killers.
By Lisa Zengarini & Xavier Sartre
As the trial against four alleged accomplices in the heinous assassination of Father Jacques Hamel began in Paris on Monday, the Archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, says he hopes that it will shed light on one of the most gruesome jihadist attacks that has occurred in France in recent years and that it will spur fraternal relations between Muslims and Christians in France.
The 85-year-old French priest's throat was slit with a knife whilst he stood on the altar celebrating Mass on 26 July, 2016, at his church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a suburb of Rouen in northwest France. Hamel's murder came as the country was grappling with an unprecedented wave …