Eight people go on trial in Paris over beheading of teacher Samuel Paty

Eight people go on trial in Paris on terrorism charges on Monday over the gruesome 2020 murder of the French teacher who had shown his pupils a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed as part of a class on freedom of expression. The trial comes a year after six teenagers were found guilty of helping the assailant identify Samuel Paty. Eight people are going on in on terrorism charges Monday over the beheading of teacher , who was killed by an Islamic extremist after showing caricatures of 's prophet to his middle school students for a lesson on freedom of expression.

Paty's left an imprint on , and several schools are now named after him. Paty was killed outside his school near Paris on Oct. 16, 2020, by an 18-year-old Russian of Chechen origin, who was shot to death by police.



Those on trial include friends of assailant Abdoullakh Anzorov who allegedly helped purchase weapons for the attack, as well as people who are accused of spreading false information online about the teacher and his class. In reality, Chnina’s daughter had lied to him and had never attended the lesson in question. Read also:.