At the end of the afternoon, Friday October 16, a man was beheaded in Conflans Saint-Honorine (Yvelines) and his alleged attacker died under bullets fired by the police in the neighboring town of Eragny (Val-d ' Oise), we learned from a source close to the investigation.
The anti-terrorism prosecution took up the case: the investigation was opened for "murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise" and "criminal terrorist association", said the prosecution.
The facts took place around 5 p.m. near a school, a police source added.
The beheaded man was a history teacher who showed the Muhammad cartoons in class.
Return of Gérald Darmanin
Bac Conflans Saint-Honorine police officers were called for a suspicious individual prowling around a school, according to this source.
On the spot, the police discovered the victim and 200 meters further, in Eragny, they tried to arrest a man armed with a knife which threatened them and fired on him.
A security perimeter was installed and the demining service called, due to a suspicion of an explosive vest.
The Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, traveling to Morocco, decided to return immediately to Paris.
From Rabat, he met with the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, and President Emmanuel Macron, it was said in his entourage.
With AFP
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