'French teacher asked minute's silence for Merah'

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France's education minister called for disciplinary proceedings against a teacher in the north of France on Friday, after she allegedly asked her students to observe a moment's silence for serial killer Mohamed Merah, the man who gunned down three children and a rabbi in front of Jewish school in Toulouse earlier this week.

Students in the the French English teacher's class in Rouen wrote to their principal that she had called the serial killer a"victim," and said his links to al-Qaida were fabricated by the media and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, according to AFP.

The teacher's request prompted most of the students to empty out of the classroom, though some stayed behind to "try to understand what she was talking about," AFP reported according to their letter.

French Education Minister Luc Chatel has called for the teacher to be suspended for her request, which was made the day after police shot Merah dead in the south of France after he went on a killing spree.

'French teacher asked minute's silence f... JPost - International
 
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Jpost.com could not confirm that part about Merah traveling to Israel, but the story about the French teacher is widespread. For example:

A teacher is facing disciplinary action in France after reports she asked pupils to hold a one-minute silence for a gunman who killed seven people.

Mohamed Merah died in a police assault on his flat in Toulouse on Thursday after a 32-hour siege.

The Paris Normandie newspaper says the teacher in Rouen called Merah the victim of an unfortunate childhood.

She apparently said his links to al-Qaeda were invented by the media and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Merah shot dead three Jewish children and a rabbi as they arrived at school on Monday morning, and he killed three soldiers a few days before.

French schools had held a minute's silence for the victims of the shootings after the attack on the Jewish institute.

French Education Minister Luc Chatel condemned the teacher's alleged actions and called for her to be suspended immediately and to face disciplinary proceedings.

Most of the students walked out of the classroom although a few remained, saying they were trying to understand what the teacher was talking about, Paris Normandie said.

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