Quote:French President Emmanuel Macron has called the beheading of a teacher in a north-western suburb of Paris an "Islamist terrorist attack".

The victim is said to have shown controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils. The attacker was shot dead by police.

Mr Macron said the as yet unnamed teacher was murdered because he "taught freedom of expression".

"They won't win... We will act," the president said from the scene.

The attack occurred at about 17:00 local time (15:00 GMT) near a school. Anti-terror prosecutors are investigating.

The knife-wielding attacker was shot as officers tried to arrest him in the aftermath of the attack. Police have not released any personal details about him, although French media report he was an 18-year-old man of Chechen origin who was born in Moscow.

A trial is currently under way in Paris over a 2015 Islamist assault on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which was targeted for publishing the cartoons.

Three weeks ago, a man attacked and wounded two people outside the magazine's former offices.

(17-10-2020 10:03 )SecretAgent Wrote:  What happened in Paris was despicable and should be condemned. It is not a reason though to use it to deflect from Trump although that of course is a very Trump like deflection tactic so entirely predictable from you Slabhead. Have a nice relaxing weekend

(17-10-2020 10:37 )SecretAgent Wrote:  I’d dispute the use of the word fascist in connection with Islamist Terrorism and of course terrorism is different to being politically incorrect.

If being politically incorrect incites violence of any sort by your supporters surely though you would agree that it wrong. White Supremacists have been described by Trump as fine people until his advisors have finally got him to condemn them in the last week or so.

We should all be kinder to people with different political views and take the heat out of disagreements. My political views are much more to the right than the left into which you would seem to categorise me because I dislike Trump (and Boris Johnson). I can smell bullshit politicians though and am very well read from well before Trump was a presidential candidate about his business dealings and corrupt activities. I can assure you that if he was a democratic candidate (in fact he was a democrat and public supporter of Bill Clinton) I’d be furious about him becoming president.

(17-10-2020 11:51 )SecretAgent Wrote:  ^ I'm intelligent enough to be able to have conversations about multiple topics thank you very much. You do seem to be a very aggressive and angry individual. I worry for your health - have you tried anger management counselling?

(18-10-2020 16:44 )Chrisst Wrote:  

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/london-s-new-cycle-lanes-are-causing-traffic-chaos-says-transport-minister/ar-BB1a92Y0?li=AAJsPCA&ocid=BHEA000

Can't we just find a velodrome somewhere for cyclists to go round and round, next to the field for caravans maybe.