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French teacher killed in “fatwa victim” attack
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Prosecutor Ricard reveals new details about the aggressor
“The aggressor was in front of the school and asked the students to show him the future victim,” reports the prosecutor for anti-terrorism investigations, Jean-François Ricard. Abdullah A., 18, is of Russian and Chechen descent.
The beheading of a teacher shocked France. Now the Ministry of the Interior announced: The man was the victim of a religious legal opinion, pronounced by the father of a schoolgirl and Islamist militant.
reAccording to the French Interior Minister, he was the victim of a fatwa, the French teacher who was killed in an Islamist attack. The father of a schoolgirl and a well-known Islamist militant issued the fatwa, a religious legal opinion, after the teacher used controversial cartoons of Muhammad in class, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told Europe 1 radio station on Monday Both suspects are already in police custody.
On Monday morning, police operations began against dozens of suspected Islamists. These will continue throughout the week. According to the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, they are not “necessarily” related to the case of the murdered teacher. Rather, they intended “to convey a message: not a minute’s delay for the enemies of the republic.”
The federal government was shocked. Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Monday in Berlin that “a horrible murder” was committed here, unleashing “horror” far beyond France. It is the act of an “Islamist fanatic”. The victim spoke in class about freedom of opinion and belief, which corresponds to the values of Germany and France.
“More than 80 investigations” launched on online hate
Seibert also paid tribute to solidarity demonstrations in France over the weekend. These were “on the move”. The federal government is on the side of the French in action against Islamist violence and “hatred in all its forms.” Seibert expressed the condolences of the federal government to the family of the murdered teacher.
Since the assassination of the teacher in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine on Friday, “more than 80 investigations” have been launched into online hate, the minister added. Darmanin also wants to dissolve several associations, including the Collective against Islamophobia in France (CCIF).
According to internal sources, France is also preparing to expel 231 suspected extremists. Interior Minister Darmanin has asked local authorities to order the expulsions, police union circles said on Sunday. No confirmation was received from the Interior Ministry on Sunday. Radio station Europe 1 had previously reported on the planned evictions.
The 47-year-old history teacher was beheaded by an 18-year-old Russian of Chechen descent on Friday near his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. He and his students had discussed the issue of freedom of expression in the classroom, using cartoons of Muhammad. Investigators assume an Islamist-motivated terrorist attack.
The attacker was shot and killed by police after the crime. In connection with the attack, eleven people were taken into police custody as of Sunday morning.
