Six French teenagers have been convicted in connection with the 2020 killing of a history teacher, Samuel Paty.
Paty, 47, was killed outside his school in a Paris suburb by an 18-year-old assailant of Chechen origin, who was shot dead by police soon after the attack.
The teacher had shown his pupils caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a class on freedom of expression, infuriating some Muslim parents.
Caricatures are drawings that make someone look funny or foolish because some part of their appearance is exaggerated.
The teenagers were found guilty of charges related to taking part in a pre-meditated criminal conspiracy and helping to prepare an ambush and their suspended sentences are tied to them following a strict set of probation measures for two to three years.
Among those on trial was a teenage girl who had allegedly told her parents that Paty had asked Muslim pupils to leave the room before showing the caricatures.
However, the court found her guilty of having made false accusation charges and slanderous comments, as it was established that she was not in the class at the time.
Another trial in connection with Paty’s killing, involving adults, is set to take place at the end of next year.
