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Gérald Darmanin calls on the prefects "to be totally vigilant" one year after the death of Samuel Paty

2021-10-13T14:34:41.829Z


The commemorations of the professor's assassination will take place at the time of the trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015 and in the more general context of the entry into force of the law against separatism.


Gérald Darmanin called on Thursday, October 14 the prefects to "

total vigilance

" more particularly "

in and around schools

", two days before the commemorations of the assassination of the teacher Samuel Paty, a year ago.

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In a tweet, the Minister of the Interior refers to a telegram sent to the prefects and consulted by AFP, in which he underlines that these commemorations will take place on Friday and Saturday when the trial of the November 13 attacks is being held. 2015 at the Paris courthouse and in the more general context of the entry into force of the law (...) confirming respect for the principles of the Republic (law against separatism, editor's note).

Our vigilance must therefore be total.

It should prevent any acts that could be committed echoing the attack and these commemorations

"

,

written Darmanin.

The Minister adds that the “

Sentinel forces, in connection with the military authority, could usefully be mobilized in the vicinity of educational establishments

”.

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On October 16, 2020, the history and geography professor Samuel Paty, aged 47, was stabbed and then beheaded, in a street near the college where he was teaching in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), by a radicalized Chechen refugee who reproached him for having shown caricatures of Muhammad in class.

The 18-year-old assassin was killed shortly after by police.

Source: lefigaro

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