Attacker paid students to identify French teacher before beheading, says prosecutor

PARIS, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The Chechen teenager who beheaded a French teacher for showing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in class had paid students to identify him in front of the school, anti-terrorist public prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard told a news conference.

Ricard also confirmed that contact had been established between the teenager and an angry parent at the school, northwest of Paris, who had called on social media for the teacher to be fired. (Reporting by GV De Clercq; Editing by Alex Richardson)