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In the capital of the country, The rally took place in Praça da República, and many of the protesters carried signs with phrases such as “No to totalitarianism of thought” and “I am a teacher.” Paty was assassinated after showing a cartoon of Mohammed in a class on freedom of expression.
Protesters honor beheaded teacher in Paris
French police reported that at least 11 suspected of contributing to the attack Friday (16), relatives of the suspect of having committed the crime, killed during a police action after refusing to drop a knife, he took it in his hands.
The demonstration in Paris was authorized by the city, despite the more restrictive measures that the French capital began to adopt on Saturday to stop the advance of the new coronavirus pandemic, such as implementation of a curfew after 9 p.m..
‘I’m a teacher. I think of you, Samuel, “reads a poster at one of the demonstrations in France honoring a professor beheaded by an extremist – Photo: Pascal Rossignol / Reuters
The journalists of “Charlie Hebdo”, whose newsroom was attacked in 2015 during the Paris attacks, are among the Organizers of Saturday’s tribute. Several political leaders confirmed their presence at the march, including members of President Emmanuel Macron’s party.
In Lille, 200 km from the French capital, hundreds of people gathered in the city center with posters and banners in the colors of France. On Saturday (17), a The spontaneous demonstration took place in front of the school. where the professor taught at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 50 kilometers from Paris.
Demonstration in Lille, France, in honor of the professor beheaded in Paris by extremist attack – Photo: Pascal Rossignol / Reuters
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Paty’s school and called the attack an Islamic terrorist attack.
“One of our compatriots was killed because he taught his students about freedom of expression, the freedom to believe or not to believe,” Macron said.
“It is no coincidence that it was a teacher who killed this terrorist,” the French president said. “Because he wanted to kill the republic in its values, the lights, the possibility of freeing our citizen children.”
The French National Antiterrorist Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation for “murder in connection with a terrorist act” and “terrorist criminal association”.
‘I am Samuel’: Demonstration in Lille, France, in honor of a professor beheaded in Paris by an extremist attack – Photo: Pascal Rossignol / Reuters
According to French police, the man who committed the crime was a 18 year old Russian Chechen. The officers say they tried to arrest him after the attack, but he was aggressive, so it was necessary to open fire and kill him.
The attacker was a refugee and lived in the city of Evreux, northwest of Paris. He he was not known to the intelligence services, designer Jean-François Ricard.
