PARIS - French police on Monday raided the homes of dozens of suspected Islamist militants three days after the beheading of a teacher who had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the interior minister said.
He said over 80 investigations had been launched for online hate speech following the attack, which has drawn parallels with the 2015 massacre at Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine, where 12 people were gunned down for publishing the Mohammed cartoons. Some in the crowd chanted"I am Samuel", echoing the 2015"I am Charlie" rallying call by supporters of free speech.
Eleven people are being held over the attack, including a known Islamist militant and the father of one of Mr Paty's pupils who had railed against him online and called for his dismissal. Anzorov's family arrived in France when he was six from the predominantly Muslim Russian republic of Chechnya.Mr Paty, who has been eulogised by pupils and parents as a dedicated teacher, had been the target of online threats for showing the Mohammed cartoons to his civics class.According to his school, Mr Paty had given Muslim children the option to leave the classroom before he showed the cartoons, saying he did not want their feelings hurt.
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