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Paty, a history teacher, was beheaded on Friday by an 18-year-old Moscow-born Chechen refugee, who was later shot dead by police.
A minute of silence has been held to honour Samuel Paty, the civics teacher brutally murdered after showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammed in a lesson. As FRANCE 24’s senior reporter Chris Moore explains, the killing sent shockwaves through France, where teaching is regarded as the vanguard in protecting the country’s egalitarian values.
A dense crowd takes part in a march in Conflans-Saint-Honorine to pay homage to Samuel Paty, assassinated on Friday near the school where he taught history and geography. IMAGES
Russians MPs observe a minute of silence during a session at the State Duma after the death of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The firebrand Russian nationalist politician, a key figure in the country's post-Soviet history, is dead at the age of 75, according to the head of the lower house of parliament Vyacheslav Volodin. IMAGES
European Parliament ministers gathered for a moment of silence to honour EP President David Sassoli who died on Tuesday morning.
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