Girls light candles and offer flowers outside the school in France where Samuel Paty taught history until his death at the hands of a suspected Islamist. AP Previous NextAn 11th person was detained yesterday as police investigated the murder of Samuel Paty, a history teacher who was beheaded by a suspected Islamist in an attack that stunned the country. Satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, whose offices were attacked in a mass killing five years ago, was among groups organizing a tribute to Paty in Paris. The 47-year-old teacher was killed on Friday outside his school in a Paris suburb by an 18-year-old attacker. Four close relatives of the assailant were detained soon after the attack.

Source: The Standard October 19, 2020 03:33 UTC