Six teenagers go on trial behind closed doors on Monday, accused of involvement in the beheading of French history teacher Samuel Paty by a suspected Islamist in 2020 in an attack that struck at the heart of the country's secular values.

PARIS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Six teenagers go on trial behind closed doors on Monday, accused of involvement in the beheading of French history teacher Samuel Paty by a suspected Islamist in 2020 in an attack that struck at the heart of the country’s secular values.

The teacher had shown his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression, angering a number of Muslim parents. Muslims believe that any depiction of the Prophet is blasphemous.

  • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5516·
    1 year ago

    They are not the perpetrators, and were kids at the time. Kids are easily influenced, and make mistakes, a lot of them.

    Im sorry but my mistakes as a kid were breaking windows not beheading people.

    • Dremor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      252·
      1 year ago

      In this case it is more selling information about the victim to the perpetrator.

      The tribunal task will be to evaluate if they knew what the perpetrator was about to do, in which case their punishment will be harsher, or if they didn’t.