France doth condemn 6 scurvy teens in league with a pirate's punishment for a teacher's Islam beheading!
2023-12-08
Arr, a Frenchy court hath found six scurvy teenagers guilty on a Friday, for their foul play in the matter of beheading poor teacher Samuel Paty, slain by an Islamic landlubber. Avast, justice be served!
Six teenagers have been convicted by a French juvenile court for their involvement in the beheading of a teacher by an Islamic extremist. The teacher, Samuel Paty, was killed in 2020 after showing cartoons of the prophet of Islam during a discussion on free expression. The attacker, a young Chechen who had been radicalized, was subsequently killed by the police.The court found five of the defendants, who were 14 and 15 at the time of the attack, guilty of identifying and staking out the teacher for the attacker. Another defendant, who was 13 at the time, was convicted of lying about the classroom debate, which further fueled anger against the teacher online.
All of the teenagers, who were students at Paty's school, claimed that they did not know the teacher would be killed. They were given brief or suspended prison terms and required to remain in school or hold jobs during their suspended terms, with regular medical checkups.
Paty's name was revealed on social media following a class debate on free expression, during which he showed caricatures of the prophet published by Charlie Hebdo, the satirical newspaper. The publication had previously been the target of a deadly extremist attack in 2015.
The trial was conducted behind closed doors, and the media are prohibited from disclosing the identities of the defendants due to French law regarding minors. It is expected that eight adults, including the father of one of the defendants, will face a separate trial for their suspected involvement in the killing next year.
The conviction comes in the wake of another school attack in northern France, where a teacher was stabbed to death and three others were injured by a former student suspected of Islamic radicalization. As a result, French authorities have deployed thousands of additional soldiers across the country to enhance security.