Six teenagers found guilty for their involvement in the 2020 beheading of teacher Samuel Paty.

Six teenagers in France have been found guilty for their roles in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty in 2020. The incident occurred in Paris, where Mr. Paty was killed outside his school after displaying cartoons of Prophet Muhammad during a lesson on freedom of expression. Among the convicted teenagers, one girl was found to have lied about the events that took place in the classroom, while the remaining five were guilty of identifying Mr. Paty to his attacker. The sentences, ranging from 14 months to two years, have all been suspended or commuted. Following the class in which the caricatures from French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were shown, Mr. Paty's name was exposed on social media. The teenage girl falsely claimed that he had asked Muslim students to leave the room before displaying the cartoons, although she had not even been present at the class. For making false accusations and slanderous comments, she was found guilty by the court. The other five defendants, who were 14 and 15 years old at the time, were convicted for stalking the teacher and being part of a group preparing aggravated violence. Abdoullakh Anzorov, an 18-year-old Chechen refugee and the perpetrator of the beheading, was shot dead by the police at the murder scene. A separate trial is scheduled for next year, involving eight adults accused of complicity in the murder, including Brahim Chnina, the father of the 13-year-old girl on trial.