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"Emir" [Islamist group leader] Boufedi, 23 years old,...

"Emir" [Islamist group leader] Boufedi, 23 years old, who has been on the run since the 1990s, and found guilty of setting up a group of criminals and a terrorist organization through armed violence, was sentenced to death in absentia by the criminal cour

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"Emir" [Islamist group leader] Boufedi, 23 years old, who has been on the run since the 1990s, and found guilty of setting up a group of criminals and a terrorist organization through armed violence, was sentenced to death in absentia by the criminal court of the province of Bordj Bou Arreridj during its first session.
Wanted by the justice system for a very long time, he is one of the brains who committed several attacks in the municipality of Bordj Zemourah, located in the far north of the main town of the province of Bordj Bou Arreridj, of which he is a native. The Bordj Zemourah region has reported the assassination of more than 40 people among citizens, members of the different security agencies, and patriots [armed civilians].
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  • (Sources: Le Matin web site via BBC Monitoring Middle East, 15/06/2003)