A French schoolgirl has admitted to telling lies about a teacher who was beheaded after an online hate campaign kickstarted by her comments. The unidentified girl had claimed that high school teacher Samuel Paty showed an image depicting the Prophet Mohammed during a lesson on free speech. The video, which detailed the allegations against Paty, provoked outrage on social media, including death threats against the teacher. A French schoolgirl has admitted to telling lies about a teacher who was beheaded after an online hate campaign kickstarted by her comments. President Emmanuel Macron's response defending the cartoons of Mohammed and Paty's actions sparked mass protests and boycotts of French goods in many Muslim-majority countries.

Source: Daily Mail March 09, 2021 02:14 UTC