They accuse Chnina of collaborating with Abdelhakim Sefrioui, a Franco-Moroccan who founded a hardline Islamist organization, the Cheikh Yassine Collective, subsequently banned in France.
Chnina’s lawyer declined to comment ahead of the start of the trial.
Schoolchildren pay tribute to Paty at the Anne Franck college in Plescop, France, November 2, 2020.
Both are charged with complicity in a terrorist killing, and French media say they have both denied wrongdoing.
Chnina’s daughter was not in Paty’s class when the caricatures were shown and the court found her guilty of making false accusations and slanderous comments.
Persons:
Paris Reuters —, Prophet Mohammed, Samuel Paty, Brahim Chnina, Chnina, Abdelhakim Sefrioui, Cheikh Yassine, Paty, Anne Franck, Stephane Mahe, Ouadie Elhamamouchi, Elhamamouchi, Abdullakh Anzorov, Anzorov’s, Chnina’s
Organizations:
Paris Reuters, Paty, Reuters Sefrioui’s, Reuters, Prosecutors
Locations:
Conflans, Honorine, Paris, Franco, Moroccan, France, Plescop, Sefrioui