Islamic State's Amaq news agency released a video of one of two teenagers who killed a priest in a church in France this week calling for more attacks in France and other countries of a coalition waging a campaign against the militant group.
France church attacker urges assaults on coalition states - video
In the 2-1/2 minute video, Abdel-Malik Nabil Petitjean, 19, urged fellow Islamic State supporters to "strike the coalition countries"
France church attacker urges assaults on coalition states - video
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In the 2-1/2 minute video, Abdel-Malik Nabil Petitjean, 19, urged fellow Islamic State supporters to "strike the coalition countries", in retaliation for what he said were "thousands of air strikes on our lands".
A priest taken hostage in a church in Normandy, northern France, was killed with a blade, a police source told Reuters on Tuesday.
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