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The cousin of one of two teenage jihadists who slit the throat of a French priest knew he was about to commit an attack and should face terror charges, prosecutors have said.

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Farid K, arrested after his cousin Abdel Malik Petitjean killed Father Jacques Hamel, 85, last Tuesday in Normandy, was sent to face a judge yesterday with a recommendation from the prosecutor that he be charged with taking part in a “terrorist association with the aim of harming others.”

Farid, 30, hosted his cousin in his flat in Nancy in eastern France for a few days before the attack and “knew perfectly well” that Petitjean was about to carry out an attack, the prosecutor’s office said. He “was fully aware of his cousin’s imminent violent action, even if he did not know the precise place or day”, it added.

Farid is the only one of several suspects arrested after the attack in the town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray who is still in custody.