A photograph taken on October 16, 2023 shows a commemorative plaque for slain teacher Samuel Paty (portrait) near the Bois d'Aulne school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, outside Paris.
BERTRAND GUAY/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, 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.
One of the minors is a 15-year-old girl who allegedly told her parents that Paty had shown caricatures of the prophet in her class.
All six minors were referred to the children's court and could face 2.5 years in prison.
Persons:
Samuel Paty, BERTRAND GUAY, Prophet Mohammad, Paty, Sybille de La, Giles Elgood
Organizations:
Rights, Thomson
Locations:
Bois, Conflans, Paris, Russia, France