French court convicts 14 accomplices in Charlie Hebdo attacks
Defendants found guilty of crimes ranging from financing terrorism to membership of a criminal organisation
16 December 2020 - 22:04
Paris — A French court on Wednesday convicted 14 people of crimes ranging from financing terrorism to membership of a criminal gang in relation to Islamist attacks in 2015 against the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket.
The trial has reopened one of modern France's darkest episodes, just as another spate of extremist attacks in 2020, including the beheading of a schoolteacher, prompted the government to crack down on what it calls Islamist separatism...
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