Tag: Paty, Samuel (1973-2020)

Teenagers Convicted in France in Connection With Teacher Samuel Paty’s Killing

Six teenagers were convicted by a court in Paris on Friday in connection with the attack on Samuel Paty, a history teacher whose killing by an Islamist extremist in 2020 shook France to its core. Five of the defendants, former middle-school students at the school where Mr. Paty taught, were found guilty of helping the […]

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France on Edge After Killing of a Teacher and Hamas Attack

The terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel and the retaliatory strikes in Gaza had already put French authorities on edge, pushing them to jack up security at Jewish sites and ban pro-Palestinian protests. Then, last Friday, just three days before the country was set to mark the somber anniversary of a teacher’s gruesome beheading by […]

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Louvre and Versailles Emptied as France Raises Guard After Stabbing

Thousands of troops were being deployed to guard sensitive locations across France, and the Louvre Museum and the Palace of Versailles were evacuated in separate security alerts, as the country remained on edge on Saturday after the killing of a schoolteacher in a stabbing attack that the authorities described as an act of Islamist terrorism. […]

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Teacher Is Killed in Knife Attack at School in France

A man armed with a knife killed a teacher and seriously injured two other people at a school in northern France on Friday, an assault that deeply disturbed the country and that officials described as an Islamist terror attack. The stabbing took place at the Gambetta-Carnot public school in Arras, a town of about 42,000 […]

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