France is holding a trial over the beheading of a teacher who showed prophet cartoons to his class
LYON, France (AP) — Eight people are going on trial in Paris on terrorism charges Monday over the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who was killed by an Islamic extremist after showing caricatures of Islam's prophet to his middle school students for a lesson on freedom of expression.
Eight on trial over terrorist killing of French teacher who held class on Charlie Hebdo cartoons
The trial, due to last seven weeks, will attempt to establish how responsible eight adults were in the killing of Samuel Paty, either for spreading lies online about his class or helping the future murderer in the days before.
The trial comes a year after six teenagers were found guilty of helping the assailant identify Samuel Paty. FRANCE 24's ...
Samuel Paty was beheaded in October after showing students cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The girl, whose complaints sparked an online campaign against Paty, has now admitted that she was ...
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