Suspect in teacher’s beheading in France was Chechen teen
By THOMAS ADAMSONyesterday
PARIS (AP) — A suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen refugee unknown to intelligence services who posted a grisly claim of responsibility on social media minutes after the attack, officials said Saturday.
France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said authorities investigating the killing of Samuel Paty in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine on Friday arrested nine suspects, including the teen’s grandfather, parents and 17-year-old brother.
Paty had discussed caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad with his class, leading to threats, police officials said. Islam prohibits images of the prophet, asserting that they lead to idolatry. The officials could not be named because they were not authorized to discuss ongoing investigations.
French anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said an investigation for murder with a suspected terrorist motive had been opened.
Ricard told reporters that the Moscow-born suspect, who had been granted a 10-year residency in France as a refugee in March, was armed with a knife and an airsoft gun, which fires plastic pellets.
His half-sister joined the Islamic State group in Syria in 2014, Ricard said. He didn’t give her name, and it is not clear where she is now.
The prosecutor said a text claiming responsibility and a photograph of the victim were found on the suspect’s phone. He also confirmed that a Twitter account under the name Abdoulakh A belonged to the suspect. It posted a photo of the decapitated head minutes after the attack along with the message “I have executed one of the dogs from hell who dared to put Muhammad down.”
Ricard said the suspect had been seen at the school asking students about the teacher, and the headmaster had received several threatening phone calls.
Re: Suspect in teacher’s beheading in France was Chechen teen
Our prophet at Taif was attacked with verbal insults,stones and thorns,till blood was soaking his sandals.
When given a choice to have the people crushed between mountains
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Re: Suspect in teacher’s beheading in France was Chechen teen
Greetings and peace be with you Singularity;
I can't understand why the French government allowed these cartoons in the first place; they are clearly intended to offend. There is not total freedom of speech in France, you are not allowed to disrespect the French national anthem or the French flag. This makes the French government hypocrites.
However, I have to acknowledge the post of Ahmed Patel -
format_quote Originally Posted by AHMED PATEL
Our prophet at Taif was attacked with verbal insults,stones and thorns,till blood was soaking his sandals.
When given a choice to have the people crushed between mountains
HE CHOSE PRAYER AND FORGIVENESS
In the spirit of praying for justice for all people,
Re: Suspect in teacher’s beheading in France was Chechen teen
Jabir bin 'Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:'A slave (of Allah) shall not believe until he believes in Al-Qadar, its good and its bad, such that he knows that what struck him would not have missed him, and that what missed him would not have struck him." (Jami 'at Tirmidhi)
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