Day 2: Paris attacker reportedly posted on his Twitter account before he was suspended
Follow up to yesterday’s reports here and here, because Rantburg is a team project. | [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Footage captures the moment Chechen gunman, 18, is shot by French police after BEHEADING a teacher who 'showed his class cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed during lesson on freedom'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - A teenager has beheaded a teacher in northern Paris for showing pictures of Prophet Mohammed in class
- The attack occurred in Conflans-Saint-Honorine, 25 miles from the city centre, before a police chase ensued
- Footage has been shared showing the moments the police caught up with the 18-year-old suspect on Friday
- In the video, the police are seen advancing down a street towards the suspect while holding their firearms
- The officers can be heard shouting at him to get on the ground before opening fire and killing him in the street
- Four people related to the assailant, including a minor, have been arrested in connection with the incident
- He was born in Moscow and had links with the school
- Around 30,000 battle-hardened Chechen refugees, including many devout Muslims, entered France in the early 2000s following two bloody wars against Russia.
Posted by: Fred 2020-10-17 |