French Mosque Closed as Part of a Crackdown on Islamist Extremists

10/19/20

Terrorism

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The French minister of the interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced the closure of the Pantin mosque in Seine-Saint-Denis. Darmanin said the closure was a response to the beheading Friday of Samuel Paty, a history and geography professor, near the college of Conflans-saint-Honorine where he was a teacher.

The attacker, Abdullakh Anzorov, was killed by police.

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