Versailles, France, Oct 18, 2024 (AFP) - French school to be named after teacher beheaded by jihadist

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2024-10-18

A school in France will be named after Samuel Paty, a teacher who worked there until he was murdered by a jihadist for discussing Prophet Mohammed drawings in class, local authorities said after a unanimous vote in favour of the change. Paty, a 47-year-old history and geography teacher, was stabbed and then beheaded near his secondary school in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine on October 16, 2020 in an attack that horrified France. Pa......

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