March 6, 2021 at 11:48 am | Published in: Africa, Algeria, News
Algerian security forces gather outside a court in the capital Algiers on 10 December 2019 [RYAD KRAMDI/AFP via Getty Images] March 6, 2021 at 11:48 am
The Criminal Court of the Algerian capital on Friday sentenced a former assistant to the director-general of national security for the murder of his chief in 2010, reported
Algeria Press Service.
The Supreme Court had ordered a retrial after accepting the death sentence s cassation appeal on 27 February, 2017, against Shoaib Oltash, accused of killing former Director-General of National Security Colonel Ali Tounsi in his office on 25 February, 2010.
The trial took place on Thursday, where the public prosecutor requested the confirmation of the death sentence for premeditated murder .