French court convicts eight over beheading of teacher

A photo of murdered French history teacher Samuel Paty in 2020
Samuel Paty was stabbed and beheaded by an Islamic extremist outside his school near Paris. -AP

A French court sentenced eight people to prison terms ranging from one to 16 years for their roles in a hate campaign that culminated in the murder of a teacher who had shown caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in class.

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