(Radio France) Following the killing of school teacher Samuel Paty for showing cartoons of the prophet Mohammed, French Prime Minister Jean Castex stated: “I am Charlie, more than ever.”
“I tell you again: I am more Charlie than ever,” Castex told Le Journal du Dimanche, referring to the “Je suis Charlie/I am Charlie” slogan that resonated around the world after Islamist gunmen killed 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in 2015 for publishing caricatures of the prophet.
“This tragedy affects each and every one of us because, through this teacher, it is the Republic that was attacked,” Castex said.
He asserted however that “Islamist terrorism will never win, because freedom and conscience will always be stronger.”
