Teacher beheaded in 'terrorist attack'
Posted: 2020, Nov 03, Tue, 11:16 am
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/wor ... 684305001/French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an “Islamist terrorist attack” against a history teacher decapitated in a Paris suburb Friday
The teacher had discussed caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad with his class, authorities said. The suspected attacker was shot to death by police after Friday’s beheading.
“One of our compatriots was murdered today because he taught … the freedom of expression, the freedom to believe or not believe,” Macron said.
The teacher had received threats after opening a discussion “for a debate” about the caricatures about 10 days ago, the police official told The Associated Press.
French media reported that the suspect was an 18-year-old Chechen, born in Moscow.