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The case of the murder of a 19-year-old woman shocked Algerian public opinion, especially after the details of the incident were revealed and the girl’s body was found inside a gas station after being raped, murdered and abused, in the province from Boumerdes, east of Algeria.
And local media reported that the victim was kidnapped by one of the judicial precedents, before being raped, murdered and burned.
The girl’s mother, Shaimaa, confirmed that they had previously filed a lawsuit in 2016 against the same rape defendant, and that he had returned to take revenge on her daughter again.
Twitter users widely released a video clip showing Shaima’s mother demanding retaliation for the perpetrator of the crime, and received wide support and solidarity from Algerians.
The Boumerdes court stated that the investigating judge had ordered the accused to be temporarily detained.
Shaimaa’s case sparked outrage on Algerian social media, as tweeters called on the government to strictly enforce the laws and retaliate for the girl’s killer.
The tweeters launched the hashtags # We Are Shaima, # Assassin of # Al-Qassas_Shaima and #JeSuisChaima, expressing their rejection of what the girl was subjected to and calling on the government to take measures to prevent the recurrence of crimes against women in the country.
The death penalty
Shaimaa’s case has brought the debate on the death penalty in Algeria back to the fore, as many activists demanded that it be activated against the perpetrators of crimes.
Abduct an innocent girl and then rape, kill and burn her body like that in cold blood, and then find no one to be held accountable?
In fact, you will find justifications for actions that sum up the luxury that savages have achieved in our society.
Truly, I find myself unable to speak in the face of this calamity that befell the society as a whole and not just Shaima and her family.#Retribution_ to Shaima’s Killer pic.twitter.com/lOMQTbQi7x– Darine Al-Abdullah (@Darin_Alabdalla) October 4, 2020
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It’s worth noting that Algeria has stopped using the death penalty since the early 1990s, but controversy around the death penalty has recently returned, especially after Morocco and Tunisia witnessed similar killings, fueling a movement popular that demanded the implementation of the maximum penalties.
#Retribution_ to Shaima’s killer
Disappointed people talk about any incident, each telling a different story than the other.
Shaima killed and fought her in the clutches of safety
We need to talk about the ways we can prevent these crimes from happening. It is not enough to allow execution. We must reconsider education and morals.– zapata16 (@ zapata161) October 4, 2020
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And Algerian Justice Minister Belkacem Zeghmati said last week that the government is studying the development of a new law that includes toughening penalties to the point of death in cases related to the kidnapping and murder of children.
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