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Six French teenagers convicted in connection with 2020 beheading of teacher Paty

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PARIS (Reuters) -A French court on Friday convicted six teenagers in connection with the 2020 beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty, whose murder shocked the country. The teacher had shown his pupils caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression, angering some Muslim parents. Most Muslims avoid depictions of prophets, considering … Read more

6 Teens in France Go on Trial for Samuel Paty Beheading

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PARIS — Six teenagers go on trial Monday in Paris for their alleged roles in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class, a killing that led authorities to reaffirm France’s cherished rights of expression and secularism. Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, was killed on … Read more