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Terror in France: man beheaded on the street - President Macron speaks of an Islamist attack

2020-10-17T04:28:17.452Z


Terrible deed in France: a man has been beheaded near Paris. The anti-terror investigation is ongoing, and President Macron speaks of an Islamist attack.


Terrible deed in France: a man has been beheaded near Paris.

The anti-terror investigation is ongoing, and President Macron speaks of an Islamist attack.

  • In France, a man was murdered on the street.

  • An Islamist background cannot be ruled out.

  • The anti-terror investigation is ongoing.

Update from October 16, 11:08 p.m

.: According to French President

Emmanuel Macron, the

bloody attack on a history teacher in a Paris suburb was

an Islamist terrorist attack.

Macron

said that

late on Friday night near the crime scene.

Update from October 16, 9.49 p.m

.:

Emmanuel Macron

has now arrived at the crime scene to get an

idea

of the situation.

A crisis team was set up and Interior Minister

Gérald Darmanin

broke off a trip to Morocco.

Right wing politician

Marine Le Pen

responded to the events on Twitter and wrote: "Islamism is waging a war against us: we have to force it out of our country." Education Minister

Jean-Michel Blanquer

spoke of an attack on the republic: "Ours Unity and determination are the only answer to the enormity of Islamist terrorism. ”

Richard Ferrand

, President of the National Assembly, said on Twitter:“ The assassination of a history teacher is an attack on freedom of expression and the values ​​of the republic.

To attack a teacher means to attack all French citizens and freedom. "

+

The police meanwhile secures the crime scene - a high school in Conflans-Saint-Honorine.

© ABDULMONAM EASSA / AFP

France / Paris: History teacher beheaded on the street - Islamist background?

Update from October 16, 8:24 p.m

.:

According to media reports,

the victim of a brutal knife attack near

Paris

is said to be a history teacher.

The man is said to have shown his students Mohammed cartoons during the class on the subject of freedom of expression, several media reported, citing police sources on Friday evening.

There was initially no official confirmation.

The attacker was a young man aged 18, reported Franceinfo.

There was initially no official confirmation for this either.

The man is said to have shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) after the crime. The police confirmed that the attacker was killed by the police at the scene.

Interior Minister Gérard Darmanin

announced a crisis team with

President

Emmanuel Macron

and

Prime Minister Jean Castex

.

The country's leaders are expected at the crime scene around 9 p.m.

De retour à Paris, je me tiens informé en direct de la cellule de crise que j'ai faite ouvrir, en lien avec le Président de la République et le Premier ministre.

#Conflans

- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) October 16, 2020

France / Paris: man beheaded on the street - anti-terror investigations are ongoing

First report from October 16, 2020, 7:06 p.m

.: Paris - fear and horror in

France

.

 A man was beheaded

near 

Paris

on Friday.

After the brutal act in the late afternoon near a school in

Conflans Saint-Honorine

, the French anti-terrorist prosecutor was called in.

One investigates among other things because of "murder * in connection with a terrorist enterprise" and because of a "criminal terrorist organization".

France / Paris: man beheaded - anti-terror investigations are ongoing

Meanwhile, there are contradicting information about the alleged perpetrator.

The broadcaster BFM TV reported, with reference to the local mayor, that he had been killed by the police.

Other media wrote that he was seriously injured by the police.

It was said that he attacked the police beforehand.

Apparently, the alleged perpetrator was with a stabbing weapon.

The victim is said to have

been attacked on the street

in

Conflans-Sainte-Honorine,

northwest of

Paris

, on Friday afternoon

.

The police wrote on Twitter that there is currently an operation there and that people should avoid the area.

The alleged attacker is said to have

been picked up by the police

in nearby

Éragny-sur-Oise

.

Here, too, the police warned via Twitter to avoid the area without providing further information.

“Respect the security area,” it was said, for example.

As the

dpa

learned, the area around the place was cordoned off for fear of an explosives vest and explosives experts were called in.

🚨 Une intervention de police est actuellement en cours Place René Picard à @VilledeConflans.


➡️Évitez le secteur


➡️Respectez le périmètre de sécurité


➡️Suivez les instructions des #FDO


➡️Ne génez pas l'intervention en cours pic.twitter.com/gvAdmgPLsd

- Police Nationale 78 (@ PoliceNat78) October 16, 2020

France / Paris: man beheaded - fear of terror in the country

Such events ring the alarm bells for many people in France.

The largest EU country

Has been rocked by Islamist attacks for years - more than 250 people died. Therefore,

people are almost always aware of

the

threat of terrorism

. Only a few weeks ago there had been a knife attack in front of the former editorial building of the satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo".

(as / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network

Source: merkur

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