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The father of the family, author of the messages on social networks leading to the beheading of the professor, admitted this Monday, December 2, to having “made a video that went wrong.” On numerous occasions, he turned to the family of Samuel Paty, in the front row, to apologize.
Most of the time, Brahim Chnina preferred to trade clear explanations for regrets. In his mouth, the name of Samuel Paty is always followed by an eternal “peace to his soul”. “I regret very much what I did. I admit to having made a video that went wrong, but not the link with terrorism. he asked as a preamble this Monday, December 2 before the specially composed Assize Court of Paris. Weakened, the 52-year-old man – who today seems to be twenty years older – is accused of having relayed his daughter's lie on social networks and thus delivered the history and geography professor to public vindictiveness. “I learned a lot during this trial, he indicates. I realized I had screwed up.” Does he think today that he contributed to provoking the events, the president asks him? “Unfortunately yes. With the video and the messages I made, yes, I am responsible.
“The Gear” that everyone is talking about was born on October 7, 2020, two weeks before
