The facts took place around 5 p.m., this Friday, October 16, near the college of Bois d’Aulne, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines). Bac police Conflans-Sainte-Honorine were called for a suspicious individual prowling around a school building with a kitchen knife.
– On the spot, the police discovered a decapitated victim and, 200 m further on, in Éragny (Val-d’Oise), his alleged attacker, carrying a knife. He would have threatened the police, who then opened fire on several occasions. He was shot dead. – According to the first elements of the investigation, the beheaded victim was a 47-year-old history teacher. He had recently given a course to his students on freedom of expression in which he had shown the caricatures of Muhammad. The anti-terrorism prosecution announces that it is seized of the case.
– According to several sources, the assailant is said to be a young man of Chechen origin aged 18. He was carrying a knife and a rifle was found beside him. The young man allegedly posted a gruesome video of the severed head just before being shot.
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