France killer asked pupils to point out teacher before beheading – official timesofisrael.com/suspect-in-beh… via @timesofisrael
The assailant, identified as Moscow-born Abdoullakh Abouyezidovitch A, was shot by police and later died of his injuries.
Police said history teacher Samuel Paty, 47, showed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed as part of a class discussion earlier this month on freedom of expression that had prompted complaints from some parents.
A judicial source told AFP that five more people had been detained Saturday over the murder, including the parents of a child at the school where the teacher was working, bringing to nine the total number currently under arrest.
Following the class, Paty was subject to threats, police said according to the Associated Press. The headmaster of the school had received several threatening phone calls.
The three other new people detained for questioning are members of the suspect’s social circle. Those previously detained are all relatives including grandparents, parents and a 17-year-old brother.
Mohammed was identified as an 18-year-old Chechen, who had been granted a 10-year residency in France as a refugee in March.
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