French president Macron calls killing of a history teacher in the northwest of capital Paris a terrorist attack
Heavily armed police sealed off the area around the school, and police vans and emergency vehicles lined leafy adjacent streets, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene.
The attack came as Macron is pushing for a new law against what he calls domestic “separatism,” notably by radicals accused of indoctrinating vulnerable people through home schools, extremist preaching and other activities. 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 two officials could not be named because they were not authorised to discuss ongoing investigations.
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