"It is the Republic which is attacked" with "the despicable assassination of one of its servants", estimated Friday evening the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, on Twitter, after a professor was beheaded in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, in the Yvelines. 

"It is the Republic which is attacked" with "the despicable assassination of one of its servants", said Friday evening the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, on Twitter, after a professor was beheaded in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, in the Yvelines.

"Our unity and our firmness are the only answers to the monstrosity of Islamist terrorism. We will face it," added the minister.

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Tonight, the Republic is attacked with the despicable assassination of one of its servants, a professor.


I think tonight of him, of his family.


Our unity and steadfastness are the only answers to the monstrosity of Islamist terrorism.


We will face.

- Jean-Michel Blanquer (@jmblanquer) October 16, 2020

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