Purge of what people?

France teacher had received 'days of threats' before his brutal killing...


Samuel Paty, a father, had taken a class about freedom of expression earlier in the month, reports say.
He is said to have shown the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad while talking about the Charlie Hebdo case, and had reportedly advised Muslim students to leave the room if they thought they might be offended.
Some Muslim parents complained to the school and at least one reportedly took to social media to call for Mr Paty's sacking. French media report that Mr Paty had received a number of unspecified threats in the days after taking the class.

Flowers were being laid at the entrance to the College du Bois d'Aulne on Saturday.
Students were said to be distraught at the brutal killing of a well-liked teacher. One father wrote on Twitter that his daughter "is in pieces, terrorised by the violence of such an act. How will I explain to her the unthinkable?"
One of Mr Paty's former students, Martial, 16, said he had loved his job: "He really wanted to teach us things - sometimes we had debates".
The French presidency said a national tribute would be held for Mr Paty, and the hashtag #JeSuisSamuel (I am Samuel) began trending on social media, echoing the #JeSuisCharlie call for solidarity after the attack on Charlie Hebdo.

...full article...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54581827

The uncivilised animals. Who do you think?

Sick, horrific and barbaric.
No other words for this.

Frankly those reactions show why lessons like that should be more compulsory.

...just going back to this...I’m reading that some of the children were asked to show who he was, to ‘identify him to the person who did this to him’...to ensure the ‘correct teacher’ was being slain...

how does a kid recover from seeing that :sad:

...so much unimaginable...the hate involved in taking a life, in seeking someone out to take their life... but having to ask for them to be pointed out because it’s not known who they are...

...from wiki...


The victim, Samuel Paty, was a 47-year-old teacher of history, geography, and civics at Collège Bois-d'Aulne for five years.[15] He was married, and the father of a child.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54598546

4 Pupils held over beheading


Police carried out some 40 raids on the homes of suspected radicals on Monday and more raids are expected.

Four school pupils who may have helped identify Mr Paty to his killer in exchange for payment have been detained, a judicial source told the AFP news agency on Monday.

This brings to a total of 15 the number of people taken into custody in the aftermath of the murder.

The killer's grandfather, parents and 17-year-old brother were detained shortly after the gruesome attack.

The father of a pupil who reportedly launched an online campaign against Mr Paty and a preacher described by French media as a radical Islamist were among six people arrested on Saturday. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin accused the two men of having issued a "fatwa" against the teacher.