French Court Convicts Six Teenagers in Teacher Beheading Case

A French court has convicted six teenagers in connection with the beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty in 2020. Five of the defendants were found guilty of helping the attacker identify the teacher, while the sixth defendant was convicted of lying about the content of a classroom debate. The murder of Paty sparked debates about freedom of expression and highlighted tensions in French society regarding extremism, Islamophobia, and discrimination. The teenagers face prison sentences of up to two and a half years.