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The sister of Father Hamel, murdered in 2016 in a church on the outskirts of Rouen, a survivor of the attack, Guy Coponet, and the archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, arrive at the trial in Paris. IMAGES
French police are securing the church in Nice where a priest was attacked and slightly injured. The mayor of the city, Christian Estrosi, is seen at the scene with Eric Ciotti, deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes. IMAGES
Roseline Hamel, the sister of a priest murdered in France, the Archbishop of Rouen Dominique Lebrun and lawyers for the civil parties and the defence leave the courtroom at the special assize court in Paris pending the verdict in the trial of the murder of Father Hamel, in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray. Hamel, 85, was giving Mass in the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, in northern France, on July 26, 2016 when he was killed by Islamist assailants. IMAGES
Nine days after a knife attack perpetrated in the basilica of Nice, French Prime Minister Jean Castex presides over a national tribute in presence of the relatives of the three people killed on 29 October. IMAGES
The Greek Orthodox church in Lyon remains closed the day after an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun seriously wounded a priest in a shooting outside the church. The city's public prosecutor later announced that a suspect had been arrested. IMAGES