The college of Conflans should soon be called "Samuel Paty"

Poissy, October 19, 2020. - Tribute paid to Poissy to Samuel Paty.

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At the next board of directors of the Collège du Bois d'Aulne in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, the proposal to rename the establishment named Samuel Paty will be presented.

The initiative was announced on Tuesday by the departmental council of Yvelines, manager of the colleges, "so that no one ever forgets this tragedy", indicates Pierre Bedier in a press release.

“Freedom is one of the foundations of our Republic.

It is our duty to continue to defend it at all costs and never to give in to barbarism, ”continues the president of the departmental council.

Triple validation required

Once approved by the establishment's board of directors, this name change must be validated by the municipal council of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and then by the department.

On Friday, Samuel Paty was beheaded near the college where he taught history and geography because he had shown his students caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.

His assassin, Abdoullakh Anzorov, was shot dead by the security forces.

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