French PM to seek new law to better protect public servants against threats

[October 23, 2020]    PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Friday his government would introduce legislation to better protect to public servants against threats.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex delivers a speech during a news conference on the new anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) measures, at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France October 22, 2020. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS

France has cracked down on Islamist militants after the Oct. 16 decapitation of schoolteacher Samuel Paty, who was killed by a student angered at Paty's use of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression.

Police shot dead the attacker.

(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Jon Boyle)

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