Algeria Seeks Death Penalty for Those Who Set Forest Fires
Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered the implementation of the death penalty for people who deliberately burn forests.
- The directive followed a series of fires across Algeria that killed 12 people.
- Tebboune issued the order during a high-level meeting attended by senior officials and military officers.
Algeria’s president has ordered the death penalty for anyone who deliberately sets forest fires, after a recent series of blazes across the country killed 12 people.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune issued the directive while chairing a high-level meeting on measures to address the fires’ effects. Senior government officials and military officers attended the meeting, according to state television.
The order targets people accused of intentionally burning forests. The report ends while describing Tebboune’s instructions on the government’s response to the fires.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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