The Algerian flag at half mast. (Credit: AFP)
An Algerian court sentenced 49 people to death on Thursday over the lynching of a man falsely accused of starting deadly forest fires last year, state news agency APS reported.
The North African country has suspended implementation of death sentences since its last executions in 1993.
An Algerian court sentenced 49 people to death on Thursday over the lynching of a man falsely accused of starting deadly forest fires last year, state news agency APS reported.
The North African country has suspended implementation of death sentences since its last executions in 1993.