New discoveries on the case of the beheaded teacher in France helped shed light on what may have caused the tragedy. Samuel Paty was beheaded by 18-year-old Abdullakh Anzorov, a refugee Islamist terrorist who was also shot dead during the attack. The murder happened just outside Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a school near Paris. Anzorov filmed the gruesome act and posted the video online to fellow ISIS supporters.
Online Outrage May Have Lead to Killing of Beheaded Teacher
Ten days before the attack, Brahim Chnina posted a video criticizing the history teacher branding him as a "thug." Chinina is the father of one of Paty's students. The unnamed student had told her father that Paty got her suspended for not leaving the classroom along with the other Muslim students when their teacher asked them to.
According to a video Chnina posted on social media, Paty allegedly asked, "Who are Muslims, raise your hands?" and proceeded to ask them to go out of the classroom. When the student allegedly asked the teacher why, Paty was supposed to have answered that he will show images to the class that may shock them.
Further, the student told her dad that Paty showed them a picture of a naked man and told them it was the Muslim Prophet. It is believed that any image of the Prophet is considered blasphemous.
Chnina had also filed a legal complaint against Paty. In the complaint and video posted on social media, the father identified Paty as well as the school. He has since been arrested due to suspicion of being complicit in the terrorist killing. Prosecutors revealed there was a direct causal link between the incitement done online and Paty's murder.
French Schoolgirl and Classmates Reveal What Happened
Students from Paty's class testified that their teacher had not asked anyone to leave. Rather, the teacher suggested that should they find the images shocking, they may close their eyes, RFI reported. Further, the student herself whose dad posted the video in anger at the teacher admitted she made false claims, BBC reported. Apparently, she was not even in class on the day the teacher showed the published caricatures of Charlie Hebdo.
The student had previously been suspended the day before due to repeated absences from school. In a testimony, the student admitted she did not see the pictures, "It was a girl in my class who had showed them to me."
The student has since admitted to making up the story. Investigators believe she did it to prevent disappointing her father. She has since been charged with slander. Meanwhile, her lawyer, Mbeko Tabulo argued that it is the father's "excessive and disproportionate behavior" which is to blame.
The family lawyer handling Paty's case, Virginie Le Roy, also believes that the father is now saying sorry for believing in his daughter's lies is rather weak.
