Samuel Paty’s family is suing the French ministries of education and interior for “non-assistance of a person in danger” and “non-prevention of a crime” after he was murdered by a Jihadist in October 2020.
They charge that the intelligence agencies never really examined the possibility of an assault, and that the Versailles education authority failed to take adequate precautions.
They filed a formal complaint today (April 6).
Abdoullakh Anzorov, a Russian immigrant of Chechen ancestry, stabbed and beheaded history and geography teacher Samuel Paty, 47, outside his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines) on October 16, 2020.
Anzorov was later killed by police.
Mr Paty was accused by the 18-year-old of exhibiting Mohammed drawings in class.
Mr Paty was accused by the 18-year-old of exhibiting Mohammed drawings in class.
He claimed responsibility for the murder in a Russian audio message, thanking himself on having “avenged the prophet.”
