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Farewell Ceremony For French Teacher to Take Place Wednesday, Reports Say

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The farewell ceremony for a murdered French history teacher will take place on Wednesday, national broadcaster BFMTV reported Saturday... 17.10.2020, Sputnik International

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Farewell Ceremony For French Teacher to Take Place Wednesday, Reports Say

17:44 GMT 17.10.2020 (Updated: 19:29 GMT 03.11.2022)

© AFP 2023 / BERTRAND GUAYA person holds a placard reading 'Bleeding (a French play on words with the word Teachers and the French word for 'Bleeding)' near the entrance of a middle school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 30kms northwest of Paris, on October 17, 2020, after a teacher was decapitated by an attacker who has been shot dead by policemen. - The man suspected of beheading on October 16 ,2020 a French teacher who had shown his students cartoons of the prophet Mohammed was an 18-year-old born in Moscow and originating from Russia's southern region of Chechnya, a judicial source said on October 17. Five more people have been detained over the murder on October 16 ,2020 outside Paris, including the parents of a child at the school where the teacher was working, bringing to nine the total number currently under arrest, said the source, who asked not to be named. The attack happened at around 5 pm (1500 GMT) near a school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a western suburb of the French capital. The man who was decapitated was a history teacher who had recently shown caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in class.

A person holds a placard reading 'Bleeding (a French play on words with the word Teachers and the French word for 'Bleeding)' near the entrance of a middle school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 30kms northwest of Paris, on October 17, 2020, after a teacher was decapitated by an attacker who has been shot dead by policemen. - The man suspected of beheading on October 16 ,2020 a French teacher who had shown his students cartoons of the prophet Mohammed was an 18-year-old born in Moscow and originating from Russia's southern region of Chechnya, a judicial source said on October 17. Five more people have been detained over the murder on October 16 ,2020 outside Paris, including the parents of a child at the school where the teacher was working, bringing to nine the total number currently under arrest, said the source, who asked not to be named. The attack happened at around 5 pm (1500 GMT) near a school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a western suburb of the French capital. The man who was decapitated was a history teacher who had recently shown caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in class. - Sputnik International

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The farewell ceremony for a murdered French history teacher will take place on Wednesday, national broadcaster BFMTV reported Saturday citing government sources.

The information was later confirmed to the channel by Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer.

The time and location for the ceremony have not yet been determined. It will be organised in consultation with the victim's family, BFMTV reported.

Farewell Ceremony For French Teacher to Take Place Wednesday, Reports Say - Sputnik International

Flowers at the Bois d'Aulne college are seen after the attack in the Paris suburb of Conflans St Honorine, France, October 17, 2020.

Reports emerged on Friday night that a teacher had been decapitated in the outskirts of Paris. Police chased down and shot to death the main suspect, a Moscow-born Chechen teenager. The victim reportedly taught freedom of speech and showed caricatures depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad to his students.