In 2020, teacher Samuel Paty was murdered in Paris, France, while posting a false message.
The French court has convicted 8 accused in the murder of a teacher on the false allegation of showing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad. In delivering its verdict on Friday, a special court in Paris sentenced the accused to terms of 3 to 16 years in prison. The accused include 7 men and a woman.
According to a BBC report, in 2020, a teacher named Samuel Paty was murdered in front of his school in Conflès Sainte Honorine in Paris. The perpetrator of the murder was 18-year-old Abdullakh Anzorov. Anzorov was killed by police just hours after the attack.
The court has now sentenced his two friends Naeem Boudoud (22) and Azim Apsirkhanov (23) to 16-16 years in prison for helping Anzorov. Naeem helped Anjarov go to school and Azim helped him buy weapons. Apart from these, 6 other accused were convicted in different cases.
Many people were present during the hearing at the Paris court.
6 defendants convicted of spreading hatred
The court sentenced Abdelhakim Sefrioui, associated with a radical Islamic group, to 15 years in prison for spreading hatred against Patty. Furthermore, Brahim Chanina, father of a student at Patty’s school, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for publishing false messages against Patty. The other four defendants were found guilty of inciting violence online.
According to a BBC report, the student lied to her father about watching cartoons. After that, her father started a campaign against Patty on the Internet.
More than 450 people were present in the court during the hearing. According to French media, Sefrioui’s lawyer said he was not satisfied with the court’s decision and would appeal the case to a higher court.
Here is a photo of the scene of the incident. Samuel was murdered at the same location in 2020.
Samuel Patty taught history and civics to children. In the course on freedom of expression, he showed caricatures related to the Prophet Muhammad. Before showing this drawing, he asked the Muslim students in the class to leave. So that their feelings don’t get hurt.
A 14-year-old girl told her father about it. He said: “The history teacher showed us caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published in the newspaper Charlie Hebdo. In one of them, the Prophet did not wear any clothing on his body.
However, according to the BBC report, the 14-year-old was not present in the class on the day these drawings were broadcast. The court has now found the girl guilty of making false allegations. Similarly, other teenagers were found guilty of involvement in the criminal conspiracy.
This portrait of Samuel Patty was installed in the school where he taught.
Campaign launched on social networks against a teacher
News of the classroom showing of caricatures related to the Prophet Muhammad quickly went viral on social media. The campaign began against Samuel. This attracted the attention of the accused Abdullakh Anzorov, 18 years old. He came up with a plan to kill Samuel.
Anzorov arrived in France from Russia at the age of 6. He lived here as a refugee.
Gave the kids money to keep an eye on Samuel
Anzorov committed Samuel’s murder a week after the classroom incident. He arrived at school on October 16. I was waiting for Samuel outside the door. He learned about Samuel’s outing from many children. After that, money was given to two children so that they could watch the teacher.
Anzorov waited outside the door for about two hours. When Samuel went out, Anzorov followed him for some distance. He had a 12-inch knife in his hand. As soon as he had the chance, he attacked the professor and beheaded him.
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