French police operations underway after beheading of teacher

Samuel Paty was beheaded in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, northwest of Paris, by a 18-year-old Moscow-born Chechen refugee, who was later shot dead by police.PARIS: France's interior minister said Monday that police operations are underway into dozens of people who allegedly issued messages of support for the attacker after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris.

Samuel Paty was beheaded in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, northwest of Paris, by a 18-year-old Moscow-born Chechen refugee, who was later shot dead by police. Police officials said Paty had discussed caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad with his class, leading to threats. Darmanin said they include the father of a student and an Islamist activist who both “obviously launched a fatwa," or religious ruling, against the teacher.A man who said he was the father of a student had posted a video on social media asserting that Paty had shown an image of a naked man and told students it was “the prophet of the Muslims.” He called on other angry parents to contact him, and relay the message.

The president of the Conference of imams in France, Hassen Chalghoumi, said “we are hurt, we are condemning this barbaric act," on French news broadcaster BFM TV. “Samuel is a martyr of freedom.”Samuel Paty was beheaded in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, northwest of Paris, by a 18-year-old Moscow-born Chechen refugee, who was later shot dead by police.

Oh, this is terrible... I think freedom of speech should respect religions - religion is the only motivation people have as refugees, as Asylum Seekers in countries they are already treated as outcasts. Politics and religion should stay out of the classroom. This is really sad.

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