French priest killing: Youth charged with conspiracy over jihadist slaying of elderly priest

From ABC Australia

French authorities have filed the first charges tied to the jihadist killing of an 85-year-old priest in his church in northern France.

Three days before the attack, authorities found a video showing one of the assailants, Abdel Malik Petitjean, pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group and speaking of “a violent action”.

A 19-year-old man was charged with “criminal conspiracy with terrorists” and locked up over the video on a mobile phone police discovered at his home, a judicial source said.

Three other people were still being held by authorities for questioning.