Days after the history teacher beheading by a radical Islamist in Paris, the French govt has decided to confer the highest order of merit Legion d'Honneur posthumously.
Paris beheading comes as a grim reminder of Charlie Hebdo massacre where Islamic terrorists had gunned down 12 people in their officers for publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad
The Parisian authorities have cordoned off the roads leading to Eiffel Tower and a thorough sweep is being carried out to ascertain if the threat was legitimate.