Priest Killer’s Cousin Charged

The cousin to priest killer thirty-year-old suspect, named as Farid K, appeared before a judge in Paris as Muslims across France displayed their solidarity with the Catholic community in light of the gruesome killing.

The cousin of one of the men who killed a priest in Normandy has been charged with knowing an attack was imminent.

Farid K, from Nancy, is the cousin of Abdelmalik Petitjean, who was shot dead by police after he and another man, Adel Kermiche, slit the throat of Father Jacques Hamel, 86, in his church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray.

He is accused of knowing that his cousin would imminently commit a violent attack - though not the place or the date. Petitjean's stepfather has said that the pair had spent time together and at times lived together.

Another man, a Syrian refugee, was released by police, while a minor initially detained in connection with the attack will not be prosecuted over the incident, though may face separate charges in relation to materials found on his computer.

At Rouen cathedral, near the church where the victim was killed on Tuesday last week, more than 100 Muslims gathered to join in prayer with Catholics.