Following horrific wildfires that have devastated portions of Algeria, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is attempting to impose the death penalty for arsonists.Following at least 12 fatalities and numerous injuries from wildfires in the country’s northeast, Tebboune declared three days of national mourning on Thursday. Tebboune called the deaths “a great tragedy” in a statement, while officials kept the official death toll from Wednesday.
Although the death penalty has been prohibited in Algeria since 1993, the country’s head of state has mandated that “an amendment to the Criminal Code” be made by September 15th.Following the start of the flames, Interior Minister Saïd Sayoud announced five deaths in Jijel province, four in Béjaïa, and three in Tizi Ouzou. Six of the 54 patients receiving medical care for burns are still in critical condition, he continued.
Out of the 193 fires that were reported during the previous 24 hours, 46 were still active, according to a Thursday morning report from Algeria’s civil protection service. Unverified videos of sweeping fires trapping people in their houses were circulated online overnight. Due to forest fires blazing near Béjaïa, Jijel, and Sétif, the national gendarmerie declared that three important roadways connecting eastern regions were closed.
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