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Trial Starts in France for Teenagers Accused of Helping Teacher’s Killer Trial Starts in France for Teenagers Accused of Helping Teacher’s Killer
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Six teenagers went on trial in Paris on Monday over accusations they were connected to the murder of Samuel Paty, a history teacher whose beheading by an Islamist extremist in 2020 inflicted lasting trauma on France.Six teenagers went on trial in Paris on Monday over accusations they were connected to the murder of Samuel Paty, a history teacher whose beheading by an Islamist extremist in 2020 inflicted lasting trauma on France.
Most of the defendants, former middle-school students at the school where Mr. Paty taught, are accused of helping the killer identify and track the teacher, although they are not believed to have known that he intended to kill.Most of the defendants, former middle-school students at the school where Mr. Paty taught, are accused of helping the killer identify and track the teacher, although they are not believed to have known that he intended to kill.
Officials have not publicly named the defendants and they are being tried behind closed doors at a criminal court for minors in Paris. They face up to two and a half years in prison.Officials have not publicly named the defendants and they are being tried behind closed doors at a criminal court for minors in Paris. They face up to two and a half years in prison.
A separate trial for eight adults who have been charged in the case is expected to be held next year.A separate trial for eight adults who have been charged in the case is expected to be held next year.
Mr. Paty, 47, had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to a civics class to illustrate free speech and was subsequently beheaded because of the act on Oct. 16, 2020, near the school where he worked in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a northwestern suburb of Paris. The assailant, Abdoullakh Anzorov, an 18-year-old Russian of Chechen descent, was shot and killed by the police later that same day.
Mr. Paty’s killing deeply shocked France, where teachers play a crucial role in imparting the French Republic’s values of liberty, equality, fraternity and secularism. Teachers like Mr. Paty are seen as the first line of defense of a public, secular school system that many fear is increasingly under threat from Islamic extremism.