France to host national memorial service for murdered history teacher
A national memorial service will be held in France for the history teacher killed in the suburbs of Paris. This was reported in the presidential administration of the country. The details of the ceremony are now being discussed with the relatives of the deceased, the MIR 24 TV channel reports.
Residents of the city of Conflans-Saint-Honorine are carrying flowers to the college, near which everything happened. Nine people were detained, among them four are relatives of the alleged offender. He cut the teacher's throat and was soon shot by law enforcement officers.
The main motive is revenge for the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. In early October, the teacher showed them in a lesson on freedom of speech. The teacher was threatened more than once, he filed a complaint with the police station. The brutal murder shocked France. President Emmanuel Macron called the incident a terrorist attack.
France to host national memorial service for murdered history teacher
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Local media, citing police sources, named the suspect's name – Abdullah, and also confirmed the information that he was 18 years old, he was born in Moscow, but lived in France. Now Russian diplomats are checking this information.
