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Apparently a history teacher was beheaded on a street near Paris in connection with the controversial cartoons of Muhammad. Following the event that occurred on Friday afternoon near a school in Conflans Saint-Honorine, the French antiterrorist prosecutor intervened. The alleged assailant shot by police later died, according to judicial sources.
President Emmanuel Macron called the murder an Islamist terrorist attack. Macron said that Friday night near the crime scene. According to the BFMTV television news channel and other media, the 42-year-old president was accompanied by the Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, and the Deputy Minister of the Interior, Marlène Schiappa.
According to the police, the murder victim is a history teacher who showed his students Mohammed cartoons as part of his class on freedom of expression. According to investigators, the police had been called to the school northwest of the French capital because eyewitnesses had observed a suspect nearby. When the officers arrived at the scene, they found Master’s body.
Police are said to have killed the alleged perpetrator in the nearby town of Éragny-sur-Oise. The mayor of Éragny-sur-Oise, Thibault Humbert, informed the BFM TV station. “It is incredibly violent. That’s the information I have now, ”Humbert said. He was on site and in contact with investigators.
Other media wrote that he was seriously injured by the police. It was said that he previously attacked the police. According to the Reuters news agency, eyewitnesses reported that the attacker shouted “God is great” in Arabic. Later it was said from the judiciary that the man was dead.
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According to the French newspaper “Le Monde”, the police were called near the scene because it was reported that a suspect was roaming the area. Upon arrival, the police discovered the beheaded victim.
According to “Le Monde”, which cites police circles, the teacher addresses the issue of freedom of expression in his class in relation to the Muhammad cartoons. This aspect is the reason why the antiterrorist prosecutor took charge of the investigation.
Suspected explosive vest – demining service called
After police discovered the body, officials from the nearby town of Éragny-sur-Oise are said to have tried to arrest the alleged perpetrator, who was carrying a stabbing weapon. As it is said that he threatened the police, they shot him. As “Le Monde” later suspected that the alleged perpetrator was wearing an explosive vest, the demining service was called.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, who is currently traveling to Morocco, immediately decided to return to France.
France has been rocked by Islamist attacks for years: more than 250 people died. Therefore, people are almost always aware of the threat of terrorism. Just a few weeks ago there was a knife attack in front of the former editorial building of the satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo”. The author had named as the motive the republication of controversial cartoons of Muhammad, which he “could not bear.” (Tsp, dpa, AFP)
