"About fifteen investigations" for facts of "apology for terrorism", "death threats" or "provocation" to crime have been opened in Paris since the assassination of Professor Samuel Paty.
"About fifteen investigations" for facts of "apology for terrorism", "death threats" or "provocation" to crime have been opened since the assassination of Professor Samuel Paty, announced the Paris prosecutor's office to the AFP, confirming information from
RTL
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"At this stage, about fifteen investigations were opened by the Paris prosecutor's office for acts of defense of terrorism" committed on the Internet, "death threats", "public insults because of the origin, the ethnicity , the nation, the race or the religion "and" provocation not followed by effect to the crime or offense ", explained the parquet floor of Paris.
"Most of these investigations have been entrusted to the Proximity Crime Repression Brigade (BRDP)," the same source added.
More than 80 investigations opened since the assassination of Samuel Paty
Since the assassination of Samuel Paty who taught in Conflans Sainte-Honorine, west of Paris, "more than 80 investigations" have been opened against "all those who apologically explained in one way or another that this professor had looked for it, "said the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin, affirming that arrests had taken place.
Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Tuesday that he wanted to "take up the subject" of online hatred by creating a "crime of endangering the publication of personal data" on the Internet, after the beheading of this professor in the Paris region.
The majority had tried to tackle this issue through a bill from LREM deputy Laetitia Avia, largely rejected by the Constitutional Council.