Assassination of Samuel Paty: an investigation for “non-assistance to person in danger” was opened in April, after a complaint by his family against the State – franceinfo

The investigations were entrusted to the brigade for the repression of delinquency against persons, the Paris prosecutor’s office told franceinfo. Article written by Published on 06/16/2022 11:08 Updated on 06/16/2022 11:31 Reading time: 1 min. An investigation was opened on April 19 for “non-assistance to person in danger” and “non-prevention of crime” concerning the assassination of Samuel Paty, the Paris prosecutor’s office announced to franceinfo, Thursday June 16. The investigations were entrusted to the brigade for the repression of delinquency against persons (BRDP), said the prosecution. The family of the teacher, killed in October 2020 near his college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), had filed a complaint in early April against the administration. “Mistakes were committed both on the side of National Education and on the side of the Ministry of the Interior, without which Samuel Paty could have been saved,” said their lawyer, Virginie Le Roy. The complaint, 80 pages long, was aimed at “several agents from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of National Education” who had to know, directly or indirectly, the situation of Samuel Paty. One of the legal issues is to determine whether these agents could have been aware of the existence of a real, targeted and immediate threat aimed at the professor. The latter had been assassinated by a Russian refugee of Chechen origin, who accused him of having shown caricatures of Muhammad in class. The 18-year-old young man, who had claimed responsibility for his gesture, congratulating himself on having “avenge the prophet”, had been shot dead by the police. Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by email Share link