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Schock at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
A history teacher was beheaded on a street near Paris on Friday afternoon. It is said that he showed cartoons of Muhammad in class on the subject of freedom of expression. “One of our fellow citizens was killed today because he was teaching, because he was teaching students freedom of expression, the freedom to believe and not believe,” President Emmanuel Macron said visibly at a press conference that night near the scene of the crime, like you. our video shows.
Brutal attack near a school
The teacher is said to have been attacked in the Rue de Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, northwest of Paris, on Friday afternoon. The alleged perpetrator was arrested by the police shortly afterwards in nearby Éragny. According to the media, he tried to attack the police and they shot him. Éragny-sur-Oise Mayor Thibault Humbert told BFM TV that the alleged perpetrator had been killed.
What RTL terrorism expert Michael Ortmann says about the attack near Paris in our video.
The attacker is said to have yelled “God is great.”
Various outlets reported that the attacker was said to be an 18-year-old Chechen. It is said that he screamed “Allahu akbar” (“God is great”) and was armed with a kitchen knife. There was no official confirmation for this.
The history teacher is said to have shown Muhammad cartoons on the subject of freedom of expression in class. Broadcaster BFM reported in a video that a schoolboy’s father is said to have posted on YouTube earlier this month. The video should also have been about the Mohammed cartoons.
“I applaud the speed with which the police neutralized the person,” tweeted Mayor Thibault Humbert. He called on citizens to avoid the area and not hinder the work of the police.
“You won’t get away with it”
Macron did not provide details on the course of the crime and referred to the prosecutor, who will comment in a few hours. “I call on all our compatriots to unite, to be united (…)”, said the President. Macron also did not comment on the alleged perpetrator or the victim. “He won’t get away with it,” he said, referring to the violence and terrorists.
