the tribunal in Boumerdès, Algeria, sentenced fifteen Islamists to death in absentia...

the tribunal in Boumerdès, Algeria, sentenced fifteen Islamists to death in absentia, according to judicial sources. The men were found guilty of ‘belonging to and supporting armed terrorist groups and murder.” At least 120 people have been sentenced to death by Algerian tribunals against Islamists on the run since the beginning of the year.