More than 12,000 people attended a rally in Lyon, France on Sunday to honour Samuel Paty, the teacher beheaded after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils.

Those in attendance held a moment's silence and showed their appreciation by clapping. Some also sang La Marseillaise.

One man was arrested after trying to disrupt the march.

Rallies also took place in other French cities, including Paris.

Video shows people gathered in Lyon's Bellecour and a man shouting at protesters. In the video, police quickly apprehend him and put him into a vehicle.

A man named only as Abdoulakh A was shot dead by police on Friday after killing teacher Paty near his school in the Paris region.

Paty was beheaded after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils.

Plus de 12 000 personnes ont participé à un homme au professeur Samuel Paty, retrouvé décapité pour avoir montré des caricatures du prophète Mahomet. De nombreux élus étaient présents.

At the end of the procession during the homage to Samuel Paty, decapitated professor in France, an individual came to provoke the march advocating that in France there was no freedom of thought or freedom to speak, uttering threats " him against the 8 billion human beings ”. He was quickly arrested by the police. The procession responded to the provocations by singing the Marseillaise, the national anthem.