French militant group dissolved after teacher’s beheading

People hold a photo of the history teacher Samuel Paty during a memorial march on Tuesday (Lewis Joly/AP)

The French government has issued an order to dissolve a domestic militant Islamic group after the beheading of a teacher who showed students caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.

Government spokesman Gabriel Attal said the Collective Cheikh Yassine group was formally banned during a Cabinet meeting because it was “implicated, linked to Friday’s attack” and was used to promote anti-republican hate speech.