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Jacques Hamel, a priest, was killed during an attack on a Catholic Church in Normandy, France, on Tuesday.

The 84-year-old was killed when two men armed with knives entered the church during a service, and took people hostage.

Hamel died after his throat was slit by one of the armed men.

The Vatican condemned the attack on the priest, calling it a terrible and barbarous killing.

Francois Hollande, president of France, told reporters that the deadly attack at a Catholic church in Normandy was carried out by terrorists who pledged allegiance to ISIS.

The attack is the latest in a series of deadly attacks in Europe, including the one in Nice on Bastille Day that killed 84 people.

Many of the attacks have been linked to ISIS.

France has been under a state of emergency since the Paris terror attacks in November last year.