Macron: decapitated teacher was victim of “Islamist terrorist attack”
By DW
25 October 2020 |
4:17 pm
French president Emmanuel Macron confirms a college teacher who was decapitated on Friday evening was the victim of a "characteristic Islamist terrorist attack".
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