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A man was shot dead by police after a teacher was reportedly decapitated by an enraged parent in Paris this evening. The shocking incident happened near a school in Conflans St Honorine, a suburb in the north of the French capital at roughly 5pm local time. Police shot the armed suspect multiple times after he refused to surrender, according to reports from the scene. Reports also emerged that the attacker shouted 'Allahu Akbar' in the street before he was shot. The dead man was said to have been a school teacher who had enraged parents by displaying cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to pupils. A source told Le Parisien: "The victim had recently given a lesson to his students on freedom of expression and had shown the caricatures of Muhammad."
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-paris-stabbing-man-dies-22858886
Good teachers do try to open the minds of their students and sometimes they sail close to the wind when controversial matters are discussed in class. Now, having said this, I would not show cartoons of Muhammad to my students if there were Muslim students in my class no more than I would criticize the Pope for fear of offending Catholic students. I believe it is always possible to discuss current affairs without the need to offend.
Police were shortly on the scene.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-paris-stabbing-man-dies-22858886
Good teachers do try to open the minds of their students and sometimes they sail close to the wind when controversial matters are discussed in class. Now, having said this, I would not show cartoons of Muhammad to my students if there were Muslim students in my class no more than I would criticize the Pope for fear of offending Catholic students. I believe it is always possible to discuss current affairs without the need to offend.
Police were shortly on the scene.