France will ‘continue to fight extremists’

François Hollande, the French president, said yesterday that the terrorists who beheaded a French citizen in Algeria represent a global threat that must be stopped.

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, the visibly upset president said France would continue to fight terrorism despite the extremists’ call for the killing of its citizens.

“This particular group... they don’t strike only those who don’t think like they do, they also strike Muslims... they rape, they kill,” Mr Hollande said.