Algeria’s president seeks death penalty for those who start forest fires
Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s call comes after wildfires killed at least 12 people and injured 54 in northeastern Algeria. Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called for the death penalty for anyone who deliberately starts a forest fire after at least 12 people died in wildfires in the country’s northeast.
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- Fact 1: Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s call comes after wildfires killed at least 12 people and injured 54 in northeastern Algeria.
- Fact 2: Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called for the death penalty for anyone who deliberately starts a forest fire after at least 12 people died in wildfires in the country’s northeast.
- Fact 3: Tebboune ordered Algeria’s justice minister on Sunday to submit a proposal by September 15 to amend the penal code to allow capital punishment for those convicted of intentionally setting forest fires, state media reported.
- Fact 4: Algeria’s schools put Shakespeare before Molière in break from France At least 12 dead, 54 injured as wildfires ravage northeastern Algeria Algeria residents mourn neighbours lost in wildfire aftermath Algeria wildfire death toll expected to rise as survivors say nothing left Algeria’s penal code already allows the death penalty for several offences, though the country has not carried one out since 1993.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s call comes after wildfires killed at least 12 people and injured 54 in northeastern Algeria. Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has called for the death penalty for anyone who deliberately starts a forest fire after at least 12 people died in wildfires in the country’s northeast.
Tebboune ordered Algeria’s justice minister on Sunday to submit a proposal by September 15 to amend the penal code to allow capital punishment for those convicted of intentionally setting forest fires, state media reported. Algeria’s schools put Shakespeare before Molière in break from France At least 12 dead, 54 injured as wildfires ravage northeastern Algeria Algeria residents mourn neighbours lost in wildfire aftermath Algeria wildfire death toll expected to rise as survivors say nothing left Algeria’s penal code already allows the death penalty for several offences, though the country has not carried one out since 1993. Deliberately starting forest fires currently carries up to 30 years in prison, or life imprisonment in some cases.
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