Body of Abdullakh Anzorov, who allegedly decapitated French teacher, was repatriated last week

Hundreds of people in Chechnya have attended the funeral of Abdullakh Anzorov, appearing to pay homage to the 18-year-old who allegedly decapitated the French schoolteacher Samuel Paty last month, a video has shown.

Anzorov’s body, which was reportedly repatriated to Russia for burial late last week, was paraded through a village in central Chechnya in a procession of about 200 people, mostly young men chanting prayers as they walked to a village cemetery.

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