French police arrest 7 suspects in murdering history teacher

SANAA, Jan. 13 (YPA) – French police arrested seven suspects on Tuesday in a sprawling probe into the brutal murder of Samuel Paty, a history teacher who was beheaded near Paris in October, Agence France-Presse 24 reported.

The seven, aged between 17 and 21, were members of discussion groups that the teacher’s killer was part of, according to a judicial source.

They were arrested in the cities of Toulouse, Lyon, Rouen and Besancon, as well as in the Seine-et-Marne and Maine-et-Loire departments.

Abdoullakh Anzorov, a teenage refugee of Chechen origin, slaughtered 47-year-old Paty for showing cartoons to students that depicted Prophet Mohammad. Anzorov was shot dead by the police.

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