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Décapitation de Samuel Paty : réaction et analyse
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France terror attack: Teacher decapitated in Paris suburb named as Samuel Paty
The French president describes it as a "cowardly attack", saying the man was killed because he "taught the freedom of expression".
Saturday 17 October 2020 21:49, UK
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The teacher killed in a suburb of Paris in an Islamist terror attack has been named as Samuel Paty, Sky News has confirmed.
Mr Paty, 47, was "assassinated", France's president has said.
The history teacher, who is said to have discussed images of the Prophet Muhammad with his pupils, was beheaded.
The suspected attacker was shot dead about 600 metres from the scene, according to the AP news agency.
According to Le Parisien newspaper, the attacker was an 18-year-old man of Chechen origin, who was carrying a knife.
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French anti-terror prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said the suspect, who had been granted a 10-year residency in France as a refugee in March, was not known to intelligence services.
He added that a text claiming responsibility and a photograph of Mr Paty were found on the attacker's phone.
The suspect had been seen at the school asking students about the teacher, and the headteacher said he had received several threatening phone calls.
In an interview with French broadcaster BFMTV, the suspect's uncle insisted there was "no way" his nephew could "just go and cut off a head like that".
He said: "He was discreet, he was nice to everyone, there wasn't anything negative about him.
"If we had known he was into religion, we could have anticipated it, but we actually didn't see it coming.
"If he was alive, I would have told him: 'Why did you do that? What happened in your mind?'
"His father and I would tell him:'Be careful, don't hang around outside, stay out of trouble.'"
The relative went on to stress "we're not killers" in reference to the wider family, adding: "We never told him to do anything."
He then said he hoped the victim's family would accept his condolences as he apologised to wider France.
"My condolences to the family, I hope they will accept our condolences.
"We apologise - in front of the whole of France - we apologise. The Chechen community is not like that.
"The teacher has done his job; I have nothing against the teacher. I'm sorry, really, we are grateful to France."
Video of the suspect's last moments is thought to feature the sounds of the gun being fired, followed by a volley of shots as he was killed.
The fatal shots were believed to have fired after the attacker refused to put down his gun.
The weapon was found at his side. Reports say it was an airsoft gun that fired plastic pellets.
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The country's anti-terror prosecutor earlier called the incident a stabbing, but both the Reuters and AP news agencies said police sources told them the victim was decapitated.
Witnesses heard the attacker shout "Allahu Akbar", or God is great, Reuters said.
The attack happened on a street in Conflans Sainte-Honorine, northwest of the French capital, at about 5pm local time.
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Visiting the scene, Emmanuel Macron called it a "cowardly attack", saying that the man was a "victim of an Islamist terrorist attack" and was killed because he "taught the freedom of expression, of believing and not believing".
The president said France would "protect and defend" its teachers.
France's anti-terrorism prosecutors have said nine suspects have also been arrested, including the grandparents, parents and 17-year-old brother of the attacker.
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Mr Paty reportedly showed images of the Prophet Muhammad in class during a discussion about freedom of expression on 5 October.
A complaint was made and the teacher was later spoken to by police.
Sky News understands that among those who complained was a parent who posted a video online about the incident. That parent is among the nine arrested.
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The suspect did not have a child at the school, AP said.
A Twitter thread posted last Friday alleged pupils had been shown cartoons of the prophet.
However, another parent of one of the teacher's pupils said Mr Paty asked Muslim students to raise their hands and to leave the classroom before they were taught about the image.
She said: "My son understood right away - the evening he came home, he understood right away that it was not to discriminate.
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"He told me, no it was not to offend us, it was images that he didn't want us to see. My son understood that at no moment he (teacher) had lacked respect."
The Elysee Palace said that there would be a national ceremony at a future date to pay homage to Mr Paty.
Education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer tweeted that the republic had been attacked through the "despicable assassination of one of its servants".
He added that "unity and firmness are the only answers to the monstrosity of Islamist terrorism".
British foreign secretary Dominic Raab tweeted to express the government's solidarity with France, saying: "My thoughts are with the people of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine this evening following reports of a truly horrific attack. The UK stands in solidarity with France at this time."
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It is the second terrorism-related incident since the opening of an ongoing trial on the newsroom massacre in January 2015 at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo after the publication of caricatures of the prophet of Islam.
As the trial opened, the paper republished caricatures of the prophet to underscore the right of freedom of expression.
Exactly three weeks ago, a young man from Pakistan was arrested after stabbing, outside the newspaper's former offices, two people who suffered non life-threatening injuries.
The 18-year-old told police he was upset about the publication of the caricatures.
France terror attack victim named as teacher Samuel Paty
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The French man beheaded in a terror attack near Paris has been named as geography teacher Samuel Paty.
The suspect, an 18-year-old Chechen refugee, was shot dead by police. Nine people have been arrested, including the teenagers' grandfather, parents and 17-year-old brother.
Mr Paty is said to shown his class photographs of Islam's Prophet Muhammed with his class, which lead to threats, police sources said. Islam prohibits images of the prophet, asserting that they lead to idolatry.
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French anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said an investigation for murder with a suspected terrorist motive had been opened.
Ricard told reporters that the Moscow-born suspect, who had been granted a 10-year residency in France as a refugee in March, was armed with a knife and an airsoft gun, which fires plastic pellets.
His half-sister joined the Islamic State group in Syria in 2014, Ricard said. He didn’t give her name, and it is not clear where she is now.
French president Emmanuel Macron denounced what he called an “Islamist terrorist attack” and urged the nation to stand united against extremism.
Mr Macron visited the school where the teacher worked in Conflans-Saint-Honorine and met with staff.
An Associated Press reporter saw three ambulances at the scene, and heavily armed police surrounding the area and police vans lining nearby streets.
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Mr Macron said: “One of our compatriots was murdered today because he taught … the freedom of expression, the freedom to believe or not believe.”
He said the attack should not divide France because that’s what the extremists want. “We must stand all together as citizens,” he said.
The incident came as Mr Macron’s government works on a bill to address Islamist radicals who authorities claim are creating a parallel society outside the values of the French Republic.
France has the largest Muslim population in western Europe with up to five million members, and Islam is the country’s number two religion.
A police official said the suspect, who was armed with a knife and an airsoft gun – which fires plastic pellets – was shot dead about 600 yards from where the male teacher was killed after he failed to respond to orders to put down his arms, and acted in a threatening manner.
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The teacher had received threats after opening a discussion “for a debate” about the caricatures about 10 days ago, the police official told The Associated Press.
The parent of a student had filed a complaint against the teacher, another police official said, adding that the suspected killer did not have a child at the school.
An ID card was found at the scene but police were verifying the identity. French media reported that the suspect was an 18-year-old Chechen, born in Moscow. That information could not be immediately confirmed.
France has seen occasional violence involving its Chechen community in recent months – in the Dijon region, the Mediterranean city of Nice, and the western town of Saint-Dizier – believed to be linked to local criminal activity.
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It was not known what link, if any, the attacker might have with the teacher or whether he had accomplices.
The attack is the second terrorism-related incident since the opening of an ongoing trial for the January 2015 newsroom massacre at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which had published caricatures of the prophet of Islam.
As the trial started, the paper republished caricatures of the prophet to underscore the right of freedom of expression.
Soon afterwards, a young man from Pakistan was arrested after stabbing two people with a meat cleaver outside the newspaper’s former offices. They did not suffer life-threatening injuries.
The 18-year-old told police he was upset about the publication of the caricatures.
In a video posted recently on social media, a man describing himself as a father at the school said the teacher who was slain had recently shown an offensive image of a man and told students it was “the prophet of the Muslims”.
Before showing the images, the teacher asked Muslim children to leave the room because he planned to show something shocking, the man said.
“What was the message he wanted to send these children? Why does a history teacher behave this way in front of 13-year-olds?” the man asked.
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