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The 47-year-old history and geography teacher had shown his pupils, aged 12 to 14, caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad from the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that many Muslims found highly offensive The lesson was part of an obligatory "moral and civil education" course that all primary and secondary French schools have in their curriculum.Visiting the scene shortly after the attack, Macron said the teacher was a "victim of an Islamist terrorist attack" killed because he "taught the freedom of expression, of believing and not believing," according to Sky News"They won't win ...We will act," the French president added, the BBC reported.The 18-year-old knifeman, who has not been named, was born in Moscow and is said to have had Chechen roots, according to the Associated Press (AP).
As said here by Sophia Ankel