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France pays tribute to professor assassinated over Mohammed cartoon

Paris (France), Oct 15 (EFE) .- French schools paid tribute Friday to the murdered teacher Samuel Paty, "who died for doing his job: teaching the values of the French Republic," as explained by a student about a teacher who has become a "martyr" of French secularism. (Camera: ANTONIO TORRES)SHOT LIST: TRIBUTE TO SAMUEL PATY AT THE VOLTAIRE INSTITUTE OF PARIS, FRANCE.SOUND BITES: JOSUA, A 13-YEAR-OLD STUDENT FROM THE VOLTAIRE INSTITUTE:"It seems important to me to be here because Samuel Paty has died as a martyr, we must remember that he simply did his job and, for that reason, a person has murdered him and he has not done anything wrong, he has taught the children secularism and the values ​​of the Republic ".STATEMENTS BY PROFESSOR SOPHIE VENETITAY, AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE FSU INSTITUTE IN PARIS:"Secularism is a fundamental principle of French public schools, students sometimes ask us, but it is up to us as teachers to explain to them what secularism is, which is not what we see on TV, sometimes poorly presented, a little caricatured. Students are sometimes left with a wrong idea. We explain to them that secularism is fortunate for the school and society "