Seated in the front row was Paty’s 9-year-old son, accompanied by family members. As the lead judge, Franck Zientara, delivered sentences one after the other, emotions in the room ran high. “I ...

Eight individuals have been convicted over their roles in the 2020 beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin was at the courtroom in the French capital. Biden commutes ...

A French court has jailed eight people for their role in the murder of a teacher who had shown caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad during a class debate on freedom of expression. The Paris Special ...

A French court is due to hand down verdicts in the trial of eight people accused of abetting the jihadist murder of teacher Samuel Paty in October 2020. Paty was beheaded outside his school near ...

The murder of Paty reignited debates about freedom of expression and secularism, values central to France's national identity. The attack occurred in the context of wider global protests ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Paris: France’s anti-terrorism court has convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his ...

The assailant was shot to death by police, and the eight on trial have been accused of providing assistance to the perpetrator and organising a hate campaign online. France's anti-terrorism ...

Mourners gather near a tribute to Samuel Paty, French history and geography teacher - Getty/Alain Jocard A French court on Friday convicted two friends of the jihadist who beheaded a French ...

France’s anti-terrorism court has convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his school near Paris four years ago – a horrific death that shocked ...

Prosecutors had sought life sentences for Naim Boudaoud, 22, and Azim Epsirkhanov, 23, for the brutal murder outside Samuel Paty’s school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, west of Paris, which ...