Royal Times of Nigeria.
  • News
    • Politics
    • World
  • Opinions
    • Editorial Opinion
    • Advertorial
  • Metro
  • Lifestyle
  • Foreign
  • Sports
  • Editorial Policy
TRENDING
NCDC confirms 157 Monkeypox Cases, Four deaths
Troops Kill Boko Haram Commander, 27 Others In...
Ex-Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi to speak at Kwara NUJ...
Governor Abdulrasaq fed Kwarans Lies Against us –...
Strike: We can no longer enter into unimplementable...
Atiku, Wike Reconciliation Will Not Fail, Says Prof...
NAF jets take out commander, key terrorists in...
Nigeria’s economy on brink of collapse, NECA raises...
Rivers Governor Raises Alarm Over Alleged Recruitment Of...
Israel-Gaza: Death toll rises as Israel reportedly kills...
Disengaged Kwara Teachers Call on Government to Reconsider...
Osun governor-elect promises to defend mandate at tribunal
JAMB registrar appeals to Federal Government, ASUU to...
ASUU replies Keyamo, says Federal Government using delay...
Kwara NAFDAC Charges Nigerians on World Breastfeeding Week

Royal Times of Nigeria.

Banner
  • News
    • Politics
    • World
  • Opinions
    • Editorial Opinion
    • Advertorial
  • Metro
  • Lifestyle
  • Foreign
  • Sports
  • Editorial Policy
ForeignNews

Seven people handed over to judge in probe on French teacher’s murder

written by Taiwo Adediran October 21, 2020
Seven people handed over to judge in probe on French teacher’s murder

Seven people, including two minors, were handed over to a judge overnight as part of an ongoing investigation into Friday’s murder of French teacher Samuel Paty, an official from the anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office said.

The grisly killing, in which an 18-year-old of Chechen origin beheaded Paty in broad daylight outside his school in a middle-class Paris suburb, has left the country reeling.

President Emmanuel Macron will posthumously award Paty the Légion d’honneur, France’s highest civil distinction, in a ceremony on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has called on people to stop attacking mosques in the aftermath of the killing, writing on Twitter: “Such acts are unacceptable on the soil of the Republic.”

People gather at the Place de la Republique in Paris to pay tribute to Samuel Paty [File: Charles Platiau/Reuters]

After the killing on Friday, police shot the attacker dead by the school.

Investigators say the teenager was angered by his victim showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad – previously published by a satirical magazine – in a class on freedom of expression. Muslims believe that any depiction of the Prophet is blasphemous.

A school parent had posted a video online, accusing the teacher of showing naked pictures of the Prophet in class. He was among the seven presented to the judge.

Richard Ferrand, speaker of the lower house of parliament and a former teacher, told BFM television that parents should “stay out of schools and leave teachers alone. One must hand back full authority to the teachers”.

Prosecutors say the attacker approached pupils outside the school asked them to identify Paty as he left for home.

Two of those pupils were among those presented to the judge, as was Abdelhakim Sefrioui from the Cheikh Yassine Collective, whose closure could be decided later in the day by the French cabinet.

Macron and other top officials, including the interior minister, have promised an intensified crackdown on Muslim organisations they find to be spreading hate.

On Tuesday, France closed a mosque that shared a video on its Facebook page before the attack that condemned Paty and shared his address; the mosque later apologised.

Interior Minister Darmanin said this week that France was being confronted by an “enemy within”. There are rising concerns about the possibility of collective punishment being meted out in France’s response to Paty’s killing.

Darmanin has threatened to close the Collective against Islamophobia in France, an anti-racist civil society group, prompting concerns from activists.

“We are concerned by the political pressures, at the highest level of the French government, and intimidation campaign targeting a human rights organisation whose work is to address discrimination and hate crimes against Muslim citizens,” said the European Network Against Racism.

The murder, which has provoked a series of protests, carried echoes of the attack five years ago on the offices of satirical publication Charlie Hebdo, after the magazine published the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad.

French regional newspaper La Nouvelle Republique has received threats on social media after it published a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on its front page, one of its journalists said on Wednesday.

Join our twitter community :

Follow @royaltimesng
0 comment
0
Facebook Twitter Google + Pinterest
Taiwo Adediran

previous post
Megan Thee Stallion, Gabby Barrett & More Top Contenders for Best New Artist Nods at 2021 Grammys
next post
UN calls for end to attacks, violence on #EndSARS protesters

You may also like

DPR seals 40 filling stations in Nasarawa

September 23, 2019

EFCC resumes probe of Osborne’s $43.4m cash

November 1, 2017

Just in: Osinbajo approves appointment of 19 national...

July 11, 2017

Gov AbdulRazaq Wins GEOSON Award

November 20, 2021

Jonathan’s campaign organisation owes N24m for posters

September 28, 2017

University of Uyo Vice Chancellor, Prof Enefiok Essien...

July 7, 2017

Reappointment of Hajia Kperogi as clerk, another legislative...

March 31, 2022

Buhari’s aide defends FSARS, says internet fraudsters behind...

October 5, 2020

Umahi declares two days public holidays for voter...

April 27, 2017

Nigeria going through difficult phase – CAN president

September 5, 2019
Facebook
  • Meet WiNQY: The Entertainment & Media Professional Here To Make A Mark

    July 27, 2022
  • July 25, 2022
  • Fans celebrate Wizkid as he clocks thirty-two

    July 16, 2022
  • Sound Sultan’s posthumous project “Reality CHQ” drops

    July 11, 2022
  • Wizkid expresses love for Burna Boy, Davido at Afronation concert

    July 4, 2022
  • Women’s Africa Cup of Nations: Super falcons set to meet Morrocco

    July 18, 2022
  • Dembele Ends speculation agrees two years deal with Barcelona

    July 14, 2022
  • Martinez in advanced talks with Manchester United

    July 14, 2022
  • Super Falcons head coach said Top Level Performance needed to Beat Cameroon

    July 14, 2022
  • The Super Falcons arrives Casablanca, Morocco ahead of quarter-final clash against Cameroon

    July 13, 2022
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • News
    • Politics
    • World
  • Opinions
    • Editorial Opinion
    • Advertorial
  • Metro
  • Lifestyle
  • Foreign
  • Sports
  • Editorial Policy

@2017 -Royaltimes of Nigeria. All Right Reserved.

Posting....