A little more than a year after his beheading in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), the name of Samuel Paty is still on everyone’s lips. And apparently some people have not got the message. As Actu17 reports, a high school student was taken into custody after a teacher from Les Ulis (Essonne) complained about death threats.
The teacher had actually learned about videos posted on the social network Snapchat, which is very popular among young people, showing him in class. According to our police sources, the videos were supplemented by texts advocating terrorism and, most importantly, an inciting message: “May the same happen to him as happened to Samuel Paty.” Worrying enough to launch an investigation and arrest the youth in question.
The young man was finally arrested on Tuesday 19 October and taken into police custody as he prepared to go on holiday with his parents and “fly to Morocco”. In front of investigators, he admitted to the charges but pretended to be… a joke with which he wanted to “make his friends laugh”. Despite the seriousness of the offence, the young teenager was sentenced only to a requirement to attend an awareness course on the dangers of digital technology and social media, Actu17 reports. He was released from the custody.
It should be noted that ” justifying terrorism and direct incitement to terrorism” are considered criminal offences. For crimes committed via the internet, the penalty is seven years’ imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 euros. For written or verbal death threats, the offender faces three years imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.