France pays tribute to teacher beheaded by radical Islamist
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French schools are paying tribute to a teacher beheaded by a radical Islamist last year after he showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class
PARIS -- French schools on Friday were paying tribute to a teacher beheaded by a radical Islamist last year after he showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class.
Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, was murdered on Oct. 16 last year near his school in a northwest Paris suburb by an 18-year-old of Chechen origin who had become radicalized. The attacker was in turn shot dead by police.
The two-day national homage includes a minute of silence to be held in schools on Friday, with teachers to organize a discussion in classes with students around the memory of Paty.
A ceremony will take place on Saturday at the Ministry of Education, where a plaque honoring Paty will be unveiled. His family will also meet with President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Jean Castex, and a gathering will be organized near the teacher's school.
