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France to confer nation’s highest honour on beheaded teacher Samuel Paty

Samuel Paty, the 47-year old history teacher beheaded by a suspected Islamist last week, will posthumously get France’s highest award, the “Legion d’Honneur”, education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer told BFM TV on Tuesday. Paty was murdered on Friday in broad daylight outside his school in a middle-class Paris suburb by an 18-year-old of Chechen origin. Police… Read More France to confer nation’s highest honour on beheaded teacher Samuel Paty

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French police raid suspected extremist associations, individuals following beheading incident

French police on Monday raided Islamic associations and foreigners suspected of extremist religious beliefs, police sources said, three days after a suspected Islamist beheaded a school teacher. History teacher Samuel Paty, 47, was murdered on Friday in broad daylight outside his school in a middle-class Paris suburb by an 18-year-old of Chechen origin. Police shot… Read More French police raid suspected extremist associations, individuals following beheading incident

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France set to expel 231 foreigners for extremism following beheading incident

France is preparing to expel 231 foreigners on a government watch list for suspected extremist religious beliefs, a police union source said on Sunday, two days after a Russian-born Islamist beheaded a teacher. The information was initially reported by Europe 1. France defines extremists as “people who, engaged in a process of radicalisation, are likely… Read More France set to expel 231 foreigners for extremism following beheading incident

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French police fatally shoot teenage assailant following beheading of teacher in Paris

The teenager who beheaded a teacher outside the school in a Paris suburb where he taught had approached pupils in the street and asked them to point out his victim, anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said on Saturday. Police shot dead the 18-year-old attacker, who was born in Russia, minutes after he murdered 47-year-old history teacher… Read More French police fatally shoot teenage assailant following beheading of teacher in Paris

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