Murder of Samuel Paty
The murder of Samuel Paty, a French middle-school teacher, took place on 16 October 2020 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a suburb of Paris, France. Paty was beheaded by Abdoullakh Abouyedovich Anzorov, an 18-year-old Muslim, Russian refugee of Chechen origin.
Anzorov killed and beheaded Paty with a knife, and was shot and killed by police minutes later. Anzorov murdered Paty because the teacher had shown his students a Charlie Hebdo cartoon showing the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[1][2][3]
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the event was "a typical Islamist terrorist attack", and that "our compatriot was killed for teaching children freedom of speech".
References
- ↑ Anthony Paone (16 October 2020). "For a teacher in France, a civics class was followed by a gruesome death". Reuters. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ↑ Elaine Ganley (17 October 2020). "French leader decries terrorist beheading of teacher". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ↑ Kim Willsher (17 October 2020). "Teacher decapitated in Paris named as Samuel Paty, 47". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020.