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A Paris court on Wednesday handed jail terms ranging from four years to life to more than a dozen people convicted of helping Islamist gunmen who massacred cartoonists at satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and customers at a Jewish supermarket in January 2015.
Lawyers for the victims and activists hailed a verdict that they said was a victory for justice and freedom of speech after a sometimes traumatic three-month trial that had revived the horror of the killings.
The attacks followed the publication by Charlie Hebdo of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed which had caused anger across the Muslim world.
30-year jail terms for suspected accomplices of terrorists in 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks
Terrorists killed 17 people during the attacks on the offices of a magazine and a Jewish supermarket. By AFP Wednesday 16 Dec 2020, 5:34 PM Dec 16th 2020, 5:01 PM 8,777 Views 15 Comments
A police officier guards the courtroom at the Paris Hall of Justice today
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Updated Dec 16th 2020, 5:34 PM
A FRENCH COURT has handed jail terms ranging from four years to life to 13 accomplices convicted of helping Islamist gunmen who massacred cartoonists at satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and customers at a Jewish supermarket in early 2015.
Ali Riza Polat, accused by prosecutors of being a right-hand man of one of the attackers, was convicted of complicity in terror crimes by the court and given a 30-year sente