Paty trial: what Brahim Chnina said about his daughter deeply shocked the audience

Brahim Chnina was heard at the bar Monday, December 2, as part of the Samuel Paty trial. The father of the schoolgirl who started the rumor said he regretted believing his daughter.

Brahim Chnina is accused at the trial for the murder of Samuel Paty of terrorist criminal association. He is being prosecuted for having participated in the “development and dissemination of videos presenting false or distorted information intended to arouse a feeling of hatred” against the professor who was beheaded on October 16, 2020.

His daughter had told him A few days before the attack, while she was expelled from her middle school, Samuel Paty had shown in class caricatures of a naked Mohammed published in Charlie Hebdo. According to the young girl, the teacher had asked the Muslim students to leave the class if it bothered them. In reality, it was a lie, the student was not even present at the class.

Her father had nevertheless forwarded this rumor on WhatsApp groups. Brahim Chnina then went to the Conflans-Saint-Honorine middle school with the Islamist activist Abdelhakim Sefrioui. They had asked to speak to the principal, but the tone quickly rose. That same evening, the father filmed himself with a surgical mask on his face declaring that “his daughter was shocked by her teacher's behavior, he was a thug. This thug should no longer remain in National Education.

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Brahim Chnina regrets having believed his daughter

Brahim Chnina took the stand on Monday, December 2. He said he “deeply regrets” his actions and “believes his daughter 100%.” ​​The president then asked him if he felt he had been manipulated, he replied: “On this story, yes, but I was also fooled by myself.” He thus admitted that he could not put everything on his child's back: “She made a mistake and I did the same”, assuring that he had believed “that Mr. Paty did not like Muslims”. The accused admitted to having “made the unforgivable mistake of giving the contact details of the teacher and the school”, assuring that he was not aware of the potential consequences of this choice and wanted to protect his daughter.

In addition, Brahim Chnina pointed the finger at the principal of the college. According to him, she had not informed him of his daughter's absence from class, which he considers to be a determining factor. “If she had told me 'your daughter was not in class', I might have backed out, but instead of that, she failed me.” of a meeting,” he said. An argument that was very poorly received by the court.

The questioning also offended Gaëlle, one of Samuel Paty's sisters, “He always comes back to the same positions, the same postures, he's been repeating them since the beginning,” she confided. franceinfo at the end of the hearing. This speech was even considered “shocking”. “It shows that he did not understand his share of responsibility, his actions and that they could have consequences. That he did not understand, or that he does not want to say it today at the court".

Brahim Chnina also denied being "a terrorist". However, the investigations revealed "nine contacts over the period from October 9 to 13, 2020 between Brahim Chnina and Abdoullakh Anzorov", Samuel Paty's assassin. However, the accused assured not remember such exchanges. He faces 30 years of criminal imprisonment, with a final verdict delivered on December 20.