French teacher's killer contacted pupil's father before attack -police sources

The man who beheaded French teacher Samuel Paty for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to his pupils, was in contact beforehand with a parent who had launched an online campaign against the teacher, police sources said Tuesday.

The 18-year-old killer had exchanged messages on WhatsApp with the father of a girl in Paty's class, the sources told AFP. The father is in police custody, the source added. - Agence France-Presse