Police quiz child apologists of teacher’s beheading

LE PECQ, FRANCE » Police in France questioned four 10-yearolds who voiced support for the beheading of a schoolteacher and who said they would kill their own teacher if he lampooned Islam’s prophet, the government reported as the prime minister warned Saturday that Islamic extremists are recruiting in France with “ignorance and hate.”

The children and their parents were detained and questioned for several hours Thursday by police in the Alpine townof Albertville, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Camille Chaize said.

On Monday, when French schools held a nationwide minute of silence to honor the slain teacher, Samuel Paty, the children voiced support for his killing last month near Paris.