The history teacher beheaded in a Paris suburb had recently been the target of social media campaign, France's anti-terrorism state prosecutor says
A man holds a sign reading"I am a teacher" among people demonstrating in Rennes, western France on October 17, 2020.
Paty was decapitated outside his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, northwest of the capital, and the killer was fatally wounded by police. In it, he said the teacher had shown the cartoons of Muhammad and that his daughter, a Muslim, had been disciplined for expressing her displeasure.The next day, the father went to see the principal of the school to complain, prosecutors said. That evening, he put out another Facebook video, giving the name of the teacher and identifying the school.
The man off-camera was known to intelligence services, Ricard said, though he did not say in what capacity. A photograph of Paty and a message confessing to his murder were found on the assailant's mobile phone.
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