French police target Islamist networks after beheading - RTE

French police have launched a series of raids targeting Islamist networks three days after the beheading of a history teacher who had shown his pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
The operation came a day after tens of thousands of people took part in rallies across the country to honour history teacher Samuel Paty and defend freedom of expression, including the right to show cartoons regarded by many Muslims as insulting.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said "dozens" of individuals were being probed for suspected radicalisation.

While they were "not necessarily linked" to Mr Paty's killing, the government aimed to send a message that there would be "not a minute's respite for enemies of the Republic", he added...