French president denounces "Islamist terrorist attack" against teacher who was decapitated after allegedly showing Muhammed caricatures

The suspected attacker was shot to death by police after Friday's beheading.The French anti-terrorism prosecutor opened an investigation concerning murder with a suspected terrorist motive, the prosecutor's office said.Macron visited the school where the teacher worked in the town of Conflans-Saint-Honorine and met with staff after the slaying. "We must stand all together as citizens," he said.The gruesome killing of the teacher occurred in the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine while the suspect was killed by police in adjoining Eragny.A police official said the suspect, armed with a knife and an airsoft gun — which fires plastic pellets — was shot dead about 600 yards from where the male teacher was killed after he failed to respond to orders to put down his arms and acted in a threatening manner.The teacher had received threats after opening a discussion "for a debate" about the caricatures about 10 days ago, the police official told The Associated Press.