French court reduces prison terms for 3 people involved in 2020 teacher beheading

South China Morning PostEN 1 min read 100% complete by Agence France-PresseMarch 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM

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A French court of appeal reduced the prison sentences of three men convicted for their involvement in the 2020 beheading of teacher Samuel Paty. Paty was murdered in October 2020 by Abdoullakh Anzorov after he showed his class caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. Naim Boudaoud and Azim Epsirkhanov, friends of Anzorov who helped him procure weapons, had their sentences reduced to six and seven years respectively. Brahim Chnina, the father of a student who falsely accused Paty of discriminating against Muslim students, saw his sentence reduced to 10 years. Anzorov, the perpetrator of the beheading, was killed by police at the scene.

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