On December 16, local time, the Paris felony court sentenced the French "Charlie Hebdo" terrorist attack, and 14 defendants involved in the case were sentenced.
The trial started on September 2. The original plan was two and a half months, but it was delayed by one month due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
The defendant is believed to have indirectly participated in the "Charlie Hebdo" terrorist attack, including assistance in providing weapons, funds and shelter.
The main defendant in court was Ali Riza Polat, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The court found that Borat provided "decisive logistical support" to the terrorist attackers and that he "has sufficient knowledge" of the terrorist attackers' intentions.
According to the verdict that day, the main defendant whose whereabouts were unknown and in absentia was Mehdi Beihoucine, who was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Another defendant in the absentee trial was Hayat Boumeddiene, the girlfriend of Amedy Coulibaliy, one of the main participants in the attack. She was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The court also sentenced the other defendants to imprisonment ranging from 4 to 20 years. Three of them were sentenced to 13 years, 18 years, and 20 years imprisonment for crimes involving terrorist organizations.
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the "Charlie Hebdo" terrorist attack.
The Paris headquarters of Charlie Hebdo was attacked by terrorists on January 7, 2015.
Twelve people were killed in the attack and 11 others were injured.
The main suspect in the "Charlie Hebdo" terrorist attack also created the hostage-taking incident of a Jewish food supermarket at Porte Vincennes in Paris on January 9 of the same year; the main suspect in the terrorist attack, the Kuashi brothers, was killed by the police.
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]