France: teacher's killer 'exchanged texts' with father of pupil

Parent had campaigned against teacher's use of Muhammad cartoons before beheading

A parent accused of organising a campaign against the history teacher decapitated outside his school near Paris last week exchanged text messages and phone calls with the killer, French media have reported.

Citing police sources, Europe 1 radio said investigators had uncovered traces of several text messages between the father of a pupil at the school and the 18-year-old killer in the days leading up to Samuel Paty's death last Friday, along with phone conversations.