Tens of thousands of people rallied in Paris and cities across France on Sunday, October 18, in solidarity with a teacher beheaded for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
Some in the crowd chanted"I am Samuel," echoing the"I am Charlie" cry that traveled around the world after Islamist gunmen killed 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in 2015 for publishing caricatures of the Islamic prophet."I am here as a teacher, as a mother, as a Frenchwoman, and as a republican," said participant Virginie.
Hundreds more assembled in Nice on the south coast, where in 2016 a man killed 86 people when he rammed a truck into a crowd on the July 14 national holiday. A photo of the teacher and a message confessing to his murder was found on the mobile phone of his killer, 18-year-old Chechen Abdullakh Anzorov, who was shot dead by police.
The father and a known Islamist militant who was involved in his campaign against Paty are among those arrested, along with 4 members of Anzorov's family.Ricard did not say if the assailant had any links to the school or had acted independently in response to the online campaign.
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