French police operations under way after beheading of teacher

Samuel Paty was a teacher near Paris (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Police operations are under way into dozens of people who allegedly issued messages of support for the attacker after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris, the French interior minister has said.

Gerald Darmanin told radio station Europe 1 that at least 80 cases of hate speech have been reported since Friday’s attack.