Family tree of Jacques HAMEL
Priest, nun, rabbi, imam..., Victim
Born Jacques HAMEL
French Catholic priest
Born on November 30, 1930 in Darnétal, France , France
Died on July 26, 2016 in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France
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On 26 July 2016, Hamel was murdered during the 2016 Normandy church attack by two Muslim men pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while he celebrated Mass in his church.
... Hamel was born on 30 November 1930 in Darnétal, France. At the age of six he became a choirboy in St. Paul's Church in Rouen and at 14 he entered the minor seminary. He served in the military for 18 months in Algeria. He did not wish to be an officer as he did not want to issue orders to other men to kill.
On 26 July 2016, Hamel was murdered during the 2016 Normandy church attack by two Muslim men pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while he celebrated Mass in his church.
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