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Added on the 21/10/2020 14:22:10 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Pupils, teachers and parents are paying tribute to Samuel Paty, the history and geography teacher murdered in an Islamist attack three years ago today in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine near Paris. The commemoration comes as another teacher was killed by a radicalised former pupil on Friday in northern city of Arras. IMAGES
On a day of nationwide tributes to murdered French teacher Samuel Paty, who was killed for showing his class cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, the Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer attends a performance by a choir in a Parisian high school. IMAGES
French Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer visits a Parisian high school as establishments across France pay tribute to French teacher Samuel Paty, who was killed a year ago for showing his students cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, in a class about French values. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron holds talks by video conference, from Fort Bregancon, with signatories of the Christchurch Call to advance the two-year-old campaign to curb online extremism. The French leader launched the appeal with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after the Christchurch massacre that left 51 people dead in two mosques. IMAGES
The man known to have killed at least 60 people, and claimed to have murdered more than 90, is now dead. Newser reports Samuel Little, America's deadliest serial killer, died early Wednesday at a California hospital. He was 80 years old. Little targeted victims who would not be missed; many of their deaths were initially attributed to accidents or drug overdoses. He was serving multiple life sentences at a California state prison. Little suffered from various ailments including diabetes and heart problems. With his death, law enforcement officials fear victims that are as yet unidentified may remain so for even longer.
The coffin of French history teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed in a lesson on free speech, arrives at a high-level ceremony attended by President Emmanuel Macron at the Sorbonne university in Paris. IMAGES