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French President Emmanuel Macron condemned what it described as an “Islamic terrorist attack” against a beheaded history teacher this Friday in a suburb of Paris and called on the nation to stand together in the face of extremism.
The teacher had started a discussion with his students about the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad Islam, authorities said. Police shot and killed the alleged attacker after the beheading.
France’s antiterrorist prosecutor opened a homicide investigation with an alleged terrorist motive, the prosecution said.
Macron visited the school where the teacher worked in the town of Conflans-Saint-Honorine and met with staff after the murder. An Associated Press reporter saw three ambulances and heavily armed police officers surrounding the area, as well as police vans on the surrounding streets.
“One of our compatriots was killed today because he taught … freedom of expression, the freedom to believe or not believe,” he said. Macron.
He noted that the attack must not divide France, as that is what the extremists want. “We must all stand together as citizens,” he added.
The horrible murder of the teacher occurred in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, and the police killed the suspect in the nearby town of Éragny.
A police official said the suspect, who was carrying a knife and a pneumatic pistol that shoots plastic pellets, was shot and killed about 600 meters (656 yards) from where the teacher was killed because he ignored the order to drop his weapons and acted. in a threatening way.
About 10 days ago, the teacher had received threats after opening a discussion “for a debate” on the cartoons, the police official told The Associated Press. A student’s father had filed a complaint against the teacher, another law enforcement official said, adding that the alleged killer had no children at school.
The identity of the suspect was not released. The French press reported that he was an 18-year-old Chechen born in Moscow. That information could not be confirmed at the moment.
It was the second terrorism-related incident since the start of an ongoing trial on the massacre perpetrated in January 2015 at the satirical newspaper’s office. Charlie hebdo after the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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