A teenager detained following the gruesome killing of an year-old priest by a pair of jihadi attackers in northwest France was released on Saturday, a French official said. She spoke on condition of anonymity as she was not allowed to be named publicly. A Syrian refugee and a cousin of one of the two attackers remain in custody following the July 26 attack in the French town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray which claimed the life of Rev Jacques Hamel as he celebrated morning Mass.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, as well as the July 14 truck attack in Nice, where 84 people were killed by a man who ploughed a truck down a seaside promenade. France has seen rising jihadi violence in the past 18 months, with attacks against journalists, Jews, police and partygoers. The deadliest violence struck Paris on Nov. In a separate development, two men suspected of connections to the Paris attacks were extradited Friday from Austria to France.
The men, identified by Austrian authorities as a year-old from Pakistan and a year-old from Algeria, are believed to have come to Europe last year posing as refugees. The man is suspected of being the person who posed for a selfie with the driver Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel in the cab of the vehicle used in the attack, she said. By AP , Paris.
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