A Chechen migrant granted refugee status in France has murdered a school teacher and wounded another teacher and a security guard at a school in northern France. He was on the country’s watch list.
Mohamed Mogouchkov, said to be aged 19, yelled ‘Allahu Akbar!’ as he attacked French literature teacher Dominique Bernard, said to be in his forties, outside Gambetta High School, Arras, around 11 a.m. on Friday morning.
Mogouchkov was at large and able to carry out his attack despite being a known supporter of the Islamic State terrorist organization. His brother, arrested following the attack, is also a known Islamic State supporter, and spent time in prison for disseminating jihadist propaganda.
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Hamas, responsible for the deadly terror raid on Israel last weekend, had called for Friday to be a ‘Day of Jihad’ for Muslims worldwide, but it is unclear whether or not Mogouchkov’s attack was directly related to the call to action as of the time of publication.
M. Bernard is not the first French teacher to be murdered by a Chechen refugee, with Samuel Paty having been publicly beheaded in 2020 for showing images of Mohammed, the Islamic prophet, during a lesson on freedom of expression.
