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 more people are facing charges over the 2020 murder of the teacher, Samuel Paty, who had displayed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad as an illustration of free speech. By Ségolène Le Stradic Reporting from Paris Eight people went on trial in ...