[NYPOST] The bloodthirsty jihadist who executed a Catholic priest in La Belle France "easily" passed a background check to become an airport baggage handler, according to a report.
Abdel Malik Petitjean, 19, worked full time at Chambéry Airport in the Savoie region, which is used by more than 250,000 passengers a year, until just three months ago, the Evening Standard reported. He began working at the airport as a porter in December after completing his studies at the Lycée Marlioz, a high school in his hometown of Aix-les-Bains.
"Petitjean had no trouble getting through a police investigation and psychological evaluation," a source told the paper.
"He was considered to be a hard-working, friendly young man who did not pose any danger to passengers or others using the airport. He got through the police investigation easily," the source said.
The ISIS wannabe, who left the airport in April, was spotted by Turkish intelligence officials on June 10 as he tried to reach Syria to join the terror group. He returned to La Belle France June 11 for reasons that remain unclear and was put on a terror watch list on June 29, authorities said.
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On July 22, four days before Petitjean and Adel Kermiche, 19, butchered Rev. Jacques Hamel, 85, in a Normandy church, French anti-terror police released a photograph of an unidentified man believed to be planning a strike. The man turned out to be Petitjean, officials said. 
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