New tribute two years later. Emmanuel Macron greeted this Sunday on Twitter the memory of Samuel Paty, a teacher murdered in the Yvelines, two years just after his death.
The history and geography teacher, Samuel Paty, was beheaded on October 16, 2020 near his school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, in Yvelines, by a radicalized young man who accused him of having shown caricatures of Muhammad to his students.
A tribute also from Pap Ndiaye
“To Liberty, to Equality, to Fraternity. To Samuel Paty”, writes Emmanuel Macron, in this tweet accompanied by a video tribute. The same as the one published last year.on the same date, for the tribute to the professor of history and geography, one year after his death.
We see photos of citizens paying homage to the teacher, followed by a black and white shot of Samuel Paty. French tributes, to the sound of the Marseillaise, accompany the video. “Your effort, your work and the generous heart you put into it are still alive in one of your little schoolchildren,” says a female voice.
The clip ends with a tribute excerpt from Emmanuel Macron: “We will continue, professor, this fight for freedom and for what is now the face. Because in France, professor, the Enlightenment never goes out,” he said. promises
On Saturday, Education Minister Pap Ndiaye paid tribute to Samuel Paty during a ceremony organized at the Sorbonne by the Association of History and Geography Teachers (APHG).
The Islamists “have not been able to and will not be able to” “suppress intelligence and the very possibility of teaching,” he declared, assuring that “two years later, the trauma is still there.”
Source: BFM TV
