The history teacher decapitated outside his secondary school near Paris by a terrorist on Friday after he reportedly showed a caricature of the prophet Muhammad to his pupils has been named. Samuel Paty, 47, who taught history and geography at the school in
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine , north-west of the French capital, was
attacked on Friday evening by an 18-year-old assailant who was shot dead
by police shortly afterwards. more...