Eight sentenced in France for actions that led to teacher beheading

A French tribunal has sentenced 8 radical to situation for their roles successful a hatred run that led to the execution of schoolteacher Samuel Paty successful October 2020.

The sentences handed down scope from 3 to 16 years.

The onslaught took spot pursuing societal media posts falsely claiming Paty had shown his students obscene pictures of the Prophet Muhammad during a acquisition connected escaped speech.

Abdoullakh Anzorov murdered Samuel Paty, a past and geography teacher, astatine a secondary schoolhouse successful the Paris suburb of Conflans-Saint-Honorine.

Anzorov was changeable dormant by constabulary minutes aft sidesplitting the 47-year-old.

He was fired up by claims circulating connected the net that a fewer days earlier Paty had ordered Muslims to permission a people of 13-year-olds, earlier displaying the images of the prophet Muhammad.

In fact, Paty had been conducting a acquisition connected state of speech, and earlier showing 1 of the arguable images archetypal published by the Charlie Hebdo magazine, helium advised pupils to avert their eyes if they feared being offended.