Thousands of people rallied in central Paris Sunday in a defiant show of solidarity with a teacher beheaded for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. "I am here as a teacher, as a mother, as a Frenchwoman and as a republican," said participant Virginie. The Charlie Hebdo attack in 2015 unleashed a wave of Islamist violence and forced France into a national discussion about Islam's place in a secular society. - 'Things have to change' -Local authorities said around 6,000 people gathered in Lyon in eastern France on Sunday. The Russian embassy in Paris said Anzorov's family arrived in France from Chechnya when he was six to seek asylum.

Source: Mint October 18, 2020 15:56 UTC