She then went to the police on October 8th to report Paty for “dissemination of pornographic images”, according to the newspaper. The incident was later amplified by the girl’s father, Brahim Chnina, who posted a video to social media repeating the accusations and condemning the teacher.
Chnina was also revealed to have been in contact with 18-year-old Chechen refugee and terrorist Abdulakh Anzorov through the messaging app Whatsapp.
Ten days after the girl made the accusations, Anzorov beheaded the 47-year-old history and geography teacher on the street.
Before the 13-year-old’s confession, investigators had learnt from the girl’s classmates that she had not been present for the lesson. They also contradicted her claims that Paty forced pupils to leave the class, saying that he asked them to close their eyes if they were shocked by the images.
Following the beheading of Paty, it was revealed that Anzorov had been in contact with at least one actual jihadist in Syria prior to the attack as well, communicating with him through the social media app Instagram.
Investigators say that the jihadist was likely located in the Idlib province of Syria, a known stronghold for jihadists with links to terrorist organisations such as al-Qaeda.
The two had conversations about jihad and Islamic theology for several days in September and Anzorov is said to have sent a direct message to the jihadist immediately after the killing of Paty, sending him a picture of the teacher’s decapitated head.