The Chechen community is "
horrified
" by the beheading of a history professor near a college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, said Saturday, October 17 the Assembly of Chechens in Europe which "
condemns with the greatest firmness
»The attack committed by an 18-year-old Chechen Russian.
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"
Our community is horrified like all the French by this incident
", underlined in a press release this assembly based in Strasbourg, noting "that
no community can be held responsible for all the isolated acts of its nationals
".
Founded in 2017 and bringing together around twenty Chechen associations in Europe, the Assembly "
condemns this crime in the strongest terms and wishes to reaffirm once again the position of its members which consists in the condemnation of all forms of religious extremism. and any act of violence
”.
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"
On a daily basis our members do hard work against extremism and call on our compatriots to respect the law and respect towards all members of the societies in which they live,
" she continued in her press release.
"
We are deeply moved, it is more and more shocking what is happening,
" assembly spokesman Shamil Albakov told AFP.