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marmar

(76,982 posts)
Mon Dec 14, 2015, 10:10 PM Dec 2015

French teacher made up ISIS-linked stabbing


PARIS—A kindergarten teacher in suburban Paris admitted to fabricating a story that he was stabbed Monday by a masked man who invoked Islamic State, French police and prosecutor’s office said.

The teacher initially told authorities that an attacker, dressed in a painter’s uniform with his face concealed, entered an elementary school located in the north suburb of Aubervilliers on Monday morning at around 7:10 a.m., police said. The teacher alleged the attacker then assaulted him with a box cutter and scissors found inside the classroom, declaring it was an act of “warning” from Islamic State.

The accusations set off a scramble by government and law enforcement, showing how jittery France has become in the wake of the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead. ..................(more)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/teacher-stabbed-in-paris-by-attacker-invoking-islamic-state-2015-12-14




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French teacher made up ISIS-linked stabbing (Original Post) marmar Dec 2015 OP
Glad it got straightened out. ucrdem Dec 2015 #1
What an attention starved dick head Person 2713 Dec 2015 #2
So was he actually attacked by anyone? oberliner Dec 2015 #3
Story says the wounds were self-inflicted marmar Dec 2015 #4
Very strange oberliner Dec 2015 #5
When I heard "male kindergarten teacher" ...I began to have my doubts 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #6

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
1. Glad it got straightened out.
Mon Dec 14, 2015, 10:16 PM
Dec 2015

Strange story. I would have thought it was some kind of campaign stunt except that it happened today and the election was yesterday.

 

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)
6. When I heard "male kindergarten teacher" ...I began to have my doubts
Mon Dec 14, 2015, 10:44 PM
Dec 2015

It just seemed off.

Not that there is anything wrong with males teaching children of that age, I just had some questions about the guy.

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