ToplineFrance will honor Samuel Paty, a teacher who was murdered and beheaded last Friday in a suspected terror attack, with the Legion d’Honneur, the nation’s highest honor, France’s education minister declared on Tuesday. Samuel Paty was beheaded on Friday by an 18-year-old Moscow-born Chechen refugee, who was shot dead ... [+] by police. ASSOCIATED PRESSKey FactsPaty, 47, was killed and beheaded in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine last Friday, as he walked home from school. What To Watch ForOn Wednesday, a ceremony will be held at the Sorbonne University in Paris, in honor of Paty. Further ReadingFrench Authorities Arrest 11 After History Teacher Beheading (Forbes)Samuel Paty: Beheading of teacher deepens divisions over France's secular identity (BBC)Suspect in teacher’s beheading in France was Chechen teen (AP)

Source: Forbes October 20, 2020 10:16 UTC