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ALGERIA SENTENCES 24 TO DEATH

in Algeria, 24 Islamists were sentenced to death in a court in Boumerdes, east of the capital Algiers.

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in Algeria, 24 Islamists were sentenced to death in a court in Boumerdes, east of the capital Algiers. They were awarded capital punishment for "belonging to and creating an armed terrorist group, trying to commit premeditated murder, and planting explosives". No death sentence has been carried out in Algeria since August 1993.
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  • (Sources: Independent Online, 20/06/2007)