Church where jihadis slaughtered priest was on an ISIS 'hit list' discovered in police raid on another fanatic's hideout LAST YEAR

Church attacked by Islamists in northern France today was on ISIS 'hit list' 
List of churches was found on suspected ISIS extremist Sid Ahmed Ghlam
Police arrested him in Paris in April last year as he allegedly planned terror
Priest was slaughtered in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during today's attack
By Peter Allen In Paris and Ollie Gillman and Julian Robinson for MailOnline

The church in northern France where jihadis slaughtered a priest was on an ISIS 'hit list' discovered in a separate police raid on another suspected Islamist's hideout last year, it has emerged.

It is believed that the building was one of a number of Catholic churches mentioned in documents found on suspected ISIS extremist Sid Ahmed Ghlam in Paris last April.

Ghlam, 24, was arrested last April after he called an ambulance in the French capital when he shot himself in the leg.

Investigators believe he was a terrorist planning 'imminent attacks' in France on the instructions of ISIS commanders.

Investigators found an arsenal of weapons in Ghlam's car, which was parked nearby, and at his student accommodation. It included Kalashnikovs, a police-issue pistol, and a number of bullet-proof vests.

Documents found at Ghlam's flat and on his computer and phone suggested he was in contact with a French speaker in Syria who had ordered him to carry out attacks on churches, including the Sacre-Couer basilica in Paris and the one in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray which was targeted today. 

Police believe Ghlam was under the orders of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who is believed to have orchestrated the terrorist attacks in Paris in November, which left 130 innocent people dead.

Abaaoud was killed in a police raid in Saint-Denis days after the attacks.

Ghlam is currently in a high-security prison while waiting trial for 'murder, attempted murder, association with criminals with a view to commit crimes against people' and for other infractions 'connected to a terrorist organisation'.

The computer student, who born in Algeria, was also charged with the murder of a 32-year-old woman, who was found in the passenger seat of her burning car after his arrest.