Attackers with knives kill priest in northern France

French soldiers stand guard near the scene of an attack in northern France. Two attackers invaded a church Tuesday during morning Mass in the suburb of Rouen, killing an 84-year-old priest by slitting his throat.

French President Francois Hollande, center, flanked by Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray Mayor Hubert Wulfranc, left, and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, leaves the town’s city hall.

The church in which a priest was killed in an attack in Saint Etienne du Rouvray, in Normandy.

French President Francois Hollande, left, arrives in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray after an attack in which authorities said the assailants briefly held a small group of worshippers hostage.

French police officers and firefighters arrive at the scene of a hostage-taking at a church in northern France in which an elderly priest was killed.

A French soldier prevents the access to the scene of an attack in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, in Normandy, France.

French police officers stand guard in front of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray’s city hall.

Police walk near a house being searched in the Normandy village of Saint-Etienne du Rouvray after a priest was killed in a knife attack claimed by Islamic State.