yes this attack follows the murder of the teacher samuel a patsy he was killed as he walked home from school in a paris suburb and it's understood that mr petit was targeted because he'd given a class on secularism to students at his school he was a widely regarded and respected teacher and during in this class on secularism teaching children about the right to free speech he'd shown cartoons of the prophet muhammad cartoons that many muslims find offensive this angered muslim parents it sparked a lot of anger on social media this got through to this 18 year old chap chen who was a permanent resident here in france and he travelled some 50 kilometers from where he lived in the days of followed the outrage. of the complaints over samuel pepys class and he murdered samuel petit beheaded him on the street as he walked home from school but of course a very shocking and brutal murder shocked fronts. teachers are sort of highly regarded in and respected in many ways it shocked france and it came off the back of the presence of france to explaining how he wanted to crackdown if you will on w

well before the murder of samuel patsy emanuel macron had given a major speech on islam and he received some criticism for this speech because he said that islam spoke about a crisis within islam and said he needed an enlightenment period like christianity to have several 100 years ago talked about cracking down on islamic separatism what he saw as an attempt by some. conservative muslims to impose conservative islamic beliefs that would eclipse the traditional values of the french republic got his secretary. secularism and lasix say now was criticized for that speech because it was seen as him patronize a people who are muslim and and in the wake of that there was this murder of samuel patsey he had shown to a group of schoolchildren caricature was of the prophet muhammad this was in a class to illustrate secularism on freedom of speech these cartoons of caricature offended some of the children in particular parents of those children who through social media started to come pay in a complaint to criticize the teacher and it seems that off the back of that campaign this an 18 year 'd ol

and the memorial service is due to be held in france for the teacher who was beheaded on friday samuel patsy was killed after showing cartoons of the prophet muhammad to his students an 18 year old in chechnya in russia was shot dead by police after the attack 7 suspects have been taken to an anti terrorism court for questioning by a judge up to date with the headlines here on al-jazeera witness starts right now. the idea that oh my fellow with a. lot of a lot 5 of phone ringing all the way. all my life you know. you. tube. and you. know ordering. when that those m.p.'s i'm aware of them went oh this time let's go. to my mantis with them out. in the south before it says there's pedal power of them you know what i mean. the whole waves it owns is part of the though it came was because when i must but i love when the up or total to stop out on those were the moment then and i was i mean i was busier in this town on the way there's no no no cars had ever recorded in a comedy about a 1000000 miles from where i was come visit us because that was the new version on this time that i was here i was

the values of france of the republic which have been targeted through the murder of samuel patsy whether it is this professor or another no matter which french college or high school who started this freedom and look at caricature not necessarily of mohammad but we look at caricatures to show freedom of expression there are all questions over whether this could incite even more hatred do know that france has had a longstanding problem with grown islamic radicalism and in the last few weeks president machen set out to stall in what was seen is being pretty much a long walk speech saying how he was going to fight against this and he talked about a draw for a bill that still to be presented in december that would look down closing homeschooling love closest scrutiny or many organizations and he said that this was to tackle foreign interference here in france you know the trough bill which we released in december we've had little trinkets of what's coming out given that we've seen mosques like this being shut down in the wake of mood of some real party president mccone has said he will conti

minor ellis leading up to that atrocity he went to the school and asked people to point out who samuel patsy was so it does appear that he didn't know the victim himself beforehand that he also outlined the details of the individuals who've been arrested in connection with this terror attack they need to parents and grandparents of the younger brother old the 18 year old assailant and also a parent older student 2 had apparently post debate here on facebook in the last few weeks calling for the teach it to be dismissed as a result of showing those characters of the prophet mohammed and to do that because for him and we end this stand that in the days leading up to this decapitation there will many threats that were being made against at the 47 year old teacher we've been speaking to some of the parents all children who are also in senegal patti's cost in the field he asked muslim children to raise their hand and leave the classroom but he did it my son told me he didn't do it to discriminate. to her dad he did it to preserve the children to not chilled them he explained i'd prefer if you lef

ask ourselves serious how we will protect the school itself and the surroundings of the school samuel patsy was beheaded last week outside his school in a suburb of paris and what was declared a terror attack the suspect an 18 year old refugee of chechen origin was laid to by the police it's possible he was motivated by the fact the party had shown his students cartoons of the prophet mohammad and a class on the freedom of speech in the aftermath of the killing the french president vowed to crack down on is the most extreme islam all across the country people are still in shock when i was convinced i told myself that it could have been me and beyond that he was just going to work doing his job and he was killed for unacceptable reasons given on the values of the public are under attack and it's also a tribute not only to this person who died but over teachers who taught us those values and it is sometimes hard but it was important for us to be here and it is fundamental to show what we are opposing in our souls deryni against a murderer on a street just because a teacher did his job intelli

crackdown on what he saw as a crackdown on the muslim groups following the murder of samuel petit samuel patsy was a teacher who was murdered beheaded on his way home from school just now almost 2 weeks ago on his way home from a school in a suburb in northern paris and he'd given a class on secularism and french republican values of secularism and to illustrate this class on free speech he'd shown the students the cartoons of the prophet muhammad caricature was a prophet muhammad this upset some of the children and their parents particularly who launched a social media campaign of criticism of the teacher and it seems that an 18 year old man took it upon himself to travel some 50 kilometers from his own home to the suburb where some of the petty lived and to murder him for showing these kids these cartoons and the weeks since in the form of spontaneous protests that they've been in support of some your party people have again shown in these cartoons erdogan has been critical of this the 2 have not caught on and turkey was criticized initially for being slowed to condemn the murder of some you

leading up to that brutal to capitation almost 47 year old history teacher who's been named as the samuel patsy now the assailant was shot dead after decapitation t.j. . this is the concern person of russian nationality and of chechen origin benefited from a refugee status and lived in year ever in the year he was unknown to the intelligence services on a judicial level he's never been convicted but was known for cases of damaging public property and gang violence while still a minor el is leading up to that atrocity he went to the school in the last people to point out some real patsy was so it does appear that he didn't know the victim himself beforehand we also heard from national antiterrorism prosecutor about the tweet that was released by the attacker jest of that decapitation the tweet said i executed one of your hellhounds and they took that into a lot of my hand it that's a direct quote i phoned the anti terrorism prosecutor now he also outlined the teacher. as of the individuals who've been arrested in connection with this terror attack they aim to parents and grandparents and the you

everywhere else in europe so that was already on top of the agenda here but before the murder of samuel patsy emanuel macron had given what was in the end of very controversial speech about what he saw what he described as the challenges that islam is facing he was calling for an enlightenment of islam much like a christian and lightsome and several 100 years ago and ringback he wanted to crack down on islamic separatism this was what he sees an attempt by some conservative people to inspire impose conservative islamic beliefs over the french republics traditional beliefs of secularism this was a controversial speech because it was being viewed by a by many as being patronized towards muslims but mach one also under pressure because he faces reelection in 2022 and he was under pressure from the right for not being seen to be doing enough to tackle terrorism in france and this was seen as an attempt by mccrone to pin his colors to the mast to say that he was tackling this issue in france marine le pen from the far right is expected again to be running off against makana in those 2022 president

leading up to that brutal capitation almost 47 year old history teacher he's been named is this samuel patsy now the assailant was shot dead all state capital. the concern person of russian nationality and of chechen origin benefited from a refugee status and lived in your average in the he was unknown to the intelligence services on a judicial level he's never been convicted but was known for cases of damaging public property and gang violence while still a minor el is eating up to that atrocity he went to school in ospel to put. check out some real patty warts so it does appear that he didn't know the victim himself before her and the national antiterrorism prosecutor also outlined the details of the individuals who've been arrested in connection with this terror attack they in 2 parents and grandparents and the younger brother all the 18 year old assailant and also a parent older student 2 had apparently post debate here on facebook in the last few weeks calling for the teach it to be dismissed as a result of showing those characters of the prophet mohammed to do that because stream we en

everywhere else in europe to vote was already on top of the agenda here but before the murder of samuel patsy emanuel macron had given what was in the end of very controversial speech about what he saw what he described as the challenges that islam is facing he was calling for an enlightenment of islam much like a christian and lightsome and several 100 years ago and he wanted to crack down on islamic separatism this was what he sees an attempt by some conservative people to inspire impose conservative islamic beliefs over the french republics traditional beliefs of said.

the the had been tension in france because of the murder of this history and geography teacher samuel patsy he was murdered by an 18 year old he's been he was also decapitated on his way home from school because it seems he'd given a class in a class to sit in a class to students all about secularism and lay city in france and the values of the republic he'd shown children caricature was of the prophet muhammad and this offended some and particularly their parents and through social media anger was whipped up and it's believed that it is this that led to this young man to travel 50 kilometers from his own home to the paris suburbs and murder the teacher and in the wake of that there was a widespread crackdown in france arrests on some people on a french water watch list one mosque was closed because of the mosque had put out on facebook video of a parent complaining about the teacher and so the problem this is created is that it's left the vast majority of french muslims again feeling on the back foot being forced to defend themselves because of the actions of really the tiniest of tiny min

at any time as any place without any notice the world wide spread arrests after the murder of samuel patsy people were taken in who had been on watch lists but as we've learned from attacks not just in france but also in other parts of europe some people are on watch a list others aren't it's extremely difficult to keep a 24 hour watch on everybody who comes up on the radar and while there we know nothing yet of the background of this individual in nice but their forty's always say that they stop many more of these events as we understand these attempted attacks than those that actually take place and there was another man shot dead in avignon not long after the attack in nice when he is alleged to have threatened people with a knife and threatened police with a knife and they shot him in their attempts to arrest him i should also odd that the french counsel for the muslim faith strongly condemned the attack in nice and all attacks and it says as a sign of mourning in solidarity with the victims and their loved ones i call on all muslims and friends to cancel also abrasions of the holiday

emanuel mccrone has been leading tributes out a memorial for the teacher who was beheaded last week samuel a patsy was killed after showing count tunes of the prophet muhammad to his students an 18 year old from chechnya in russia was shot dead by police after friday's attack 7 suspects have been taken to an antiterrorism court for questioning by a judge just well i didn't do that tonight i won't talk about the procession of terrorists of their accomplices and all the collets who have committed and made this as a nation possible i won't talk of those who gave his name to the barbarians they don't deserve it they don't even have a name anymore bernard smith is in paris covering the story i mean just the facts that the french president a man your icon was there speaking at this memorial today shows you how big and how significant this has been in france. yeah an indication of the shock across this country of the brutality of the murder of this teacher beheaded in daylight as he walked home from school and emanuel mccrum in that address although he said this was about the teacher this was about some

yes this comes after the murder of daniel patsy a teacher who was killed on his way home from school in a paris suburb samuel petit had been giving a class. teaching children about from france's culture of secularism and each shown cartoons of the prophet mohammed to this class this angered some of the parents and of the consequence of that to may anger that it created a chechen immigrant's. murdered the teacher as he walked home school beheaded the teacher then prompted a more widespread crackdown from the french all parties on what they call islamic extremism this included closing a mosque the 6 monks in the paris suburbs and also threatening and arresting people who had been on a on a french what was watching list the terror watch list so it was amidst this atmosphere of well i guess some rising tension in france that this attack happened in egypt today. reports say the 3 people being killed in this this knife attack but in white wine these. no particular reason why it would be nice is another major french city of course but no reason why nice would be singled out more than anywhere else. you know france

samuel patty was killed because the islam ists want our future and because they know that with com heroes such as him they will never have it mr patsy was walking home from school in a paris suburb last friday when he was attacked and beheaded prosecutors say his 18 year old killer wanted to avenge the teachers use of caricature walls of the prophet muhammad in a class on freedom of expression. after the murder french authorities launched a widespread crackdown on people and groups they say incited anger that led to the killings this paris mosque has now been closed for 6 months because it published a video on facebook of an angry father of a student at the school calling for action against the teacher worshippers at the pantai mosque so they're being collectively punished it's. this kind of injustice because just one person did something wrong and we're going to to to close the mosque and there's like 1000 people that are praying here mosques in the french cities of bordeaux and betsy and now under police protection because they've received threats of violence to 14 and 15 year old students from samuel party school amongst those fa

samuel patty was killed because the islam is want our future and because they know that with com heroes such as him they will never have it mr patsywas walking home from school in a paris suburb last friday when he was attacked and beheaded prosecutors say he's 18 year old killer wanted to avenge the teachers use of caricature walls of the prophet muhammad in a class on freedom of expression after the murder french authorities launched a widespread crackdown on people and groups they say incited anger that led to the killing this paris mosque has now been closed for 6 months because it published a video on facebook of an angry father of a student at the school calling for action against the teacher worshippers at the pantai mosque so they're being collectively punished it's. this kind of injustice because just one person did something wrong and we're going to to to close the mosque and there's like 1000 people that are praying here mosques in the french cities of bordeaux and bessie and now under police protection because they've received threats of violence. 214 and 15 year old students from school amongst those facing charges fo