A trial got underway Monday in Paris of eight people facing a range of charges related to the murder of French schoolteacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded in an Islamist terror attack outside his school.

Seven men and one woman go on trial Monday at the Special Assize Court of Paris, accused of orchestrating a campaign of hatred and intimidation that led to the 2020 murder of French teacher Samuel Paty.

Eight people who allegedly helped the perpetrator in the brutal murder of history teacher Samuel Paty are set to stand trial in a Paris court on Monday, four years after the incident. The crime, classified as an Islamist-motivated terrorist act,