Algeria introduces death penalty for arsonists after wildfires
- Algeria has adopted a law imposing the death penalty on people convicted of arson of forests or fields after a series of deadly wildfires swept parts of the country.
- Members of the national assembly voted through the bill, which also made child abduction a capital offence, on Thursday.
- Capital punishment has been in the country's penal code for some offences, but no execution has been carried out since 1993.
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- Algeria has adopted a law imposing the death penalty on people convicted of arson of forests or fields after a series of deadly wildfires swept parts of the country.
- Members of the national assembly voted through the bill, which also made child abduction a capital offence, on Thursday.
- Capital punishment has been in the country's penal code for some offences, but no execution has been carried out since 1993.
Sources: BBC News