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The former headteacher of a French school has revealed the shocking sequence of events that led to the beheading of Samuel Paty by a Chechen refugee.

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A third man, Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed Jihadi John - who was believed to have featured in shocking videos of IS beheadings of a number of captives - was killed in a drone strike in 2015.

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Nothing says the gloves are off like beheading a baby.

Melanie Harris, 59, hurled antisemitic slurs, vowed violence, including beheadings, and used “vile and inflammatory language,” according to a Miami-based FBI agent.

He has had the highest level of security protection for two decades, since a jihadist website distributed a video calling for his beheading.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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