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The case of the killing of a 19-year-old woman shook Algerian public opinion, especially after the details of the incident were revealed and the girl’s body was found inside a gas station after she was raped, killed and abused, in Boumerdes province, eastern Algeria.
And local media reported that the victim was kidnapped by one of the judicial precedents, before she was raped, killed and burned.
The girl’s mother, Shaimaa, confirmed that they had previously filed a lawsuit in 2016 against the same accused for rape, and that he had returned to take revenge on her daughter again.
Tweeters widely circulated a video clip showing Shaima’s mother demanding retribution for the perpetrator of the crime, and she received broad support and solidarity from Algerians.
The Boumerdes Court said that the investigating judge had ordered that the accused be placed in temporary detention.
The case of Shaimaa sparked outrage on social media in Algeria, as the tweeters called on the government to strictly implement laws and retribution for the girl’s killer.
Tweeters launched the hashtags # We are all Shaima, # Qisas_Shaima’s killer and #JeSuisChaima, expressing their rejection of what the girl was subjected to and calling on the government to take steps to prevent the recurrence of crimes against women in the country.
The death penalty
The case of Shaimaa has brought back to the fore the debate over the death penalty in Algeria, as many activists demanded that it be activated against the perpetrators of crimes.
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It is worth noting that Algeria has stopped applying the death penalty since the beginning of the nineties, but the controversy surrounding the death penalty has returned recently, especially after Morocco and Tunisia witnessed similar killings, which fueled a popular movement demanding the implementation of the maximum penalties.
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And the Algerian Minister of Justice, Belkacem Zeghmati, said last week that the government is looking into developing a new law that includes tightening penalties to the point of death in cases related to the kidnapping and killing of children.
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