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French court issues severe sentences to those linked to beheading of teacher Samuel Paty

People gather on Place de la Republique, one with a poster reading "I am Samuel" for a demonstration in 2020 to pay tribute to the schoolteacher Samuel Paty who was beheaded by an islamist extremist. © Michel Euler / AP

France’s anti-terrorism court has convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his school near Paris four years ago – a horrific death that shocked the country.

On Friday, a French court handed heavy sentences to several men convicted of having played a role in the jihadist beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty in 2020 – a murder that horrified France.

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