Algeria: Ex-PM Sentenced to 5 Years Prison Time

Noureddine Bedoui (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Noureddine Bedoui (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Algeria: Ex-PM Sentenced to 5 Years Prison Time

Noureddine Bedoui (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Noureddine Bedoui (Asharq Al-Awsat)

An Algerian court on Wednesday handed five year prison sentences to former Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui and former health minister Abdelmalek Boudiaf along with fines of 1 million Algerian dinars, the state news agency said.

The sentences from the economic and financial Penal Court were related to a corruption case.

The indictment charges include "exploitation of governmental position for personal gain, in violation of laws and regulations, granting unjustified privileges to others, contrary to legislative and regulatory provisions currently in effect, and deliberate misappropriation of public funds."

Bedoui "strongly denied" the charges brought against him, and alluded to a broad campaign against corruption that targeted high-ranking civilian and military officials, resulting in the conviction of the majority of them with lengthy prison sentences.

For his part, Boudiaf appealed to the judge saying that he "hails from a family that participated in the liberation war" and that "their history prevents any member from engaging in actions that go against the interests of the country."



Israel Police Says Forces Kill Five Palestinian Fighters in West Bank

 Palestinian people inspect the car that was hit by bullets in which Palestinians were reportedly killed by Israeli special forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP)
Palestinian people inspect the car that was hit by bullets in which Palestinians were reportedly killed by Israeli special forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP)
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Israel Police Says Forces Kill Five Palestinian Fighters in West Bank

 Palestinian people inspect the car that was hit by bullets in which Palestinians were reportedly killed by Israeli special forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP)
Palestinian people inspect the car that was hit by bullets in which Palestinians were reportedly killed by Israeli special forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP)

Israeli forces killed five armed Palestinian fighters in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, Israeli police said.

There was no immediate comment from Palestinian officials or armed groups. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed the deaths of only four men.

The Palestinian official news agency WAFA said that Israeli special forces had opened fire on a vehicle that the men were travelling in, in the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Violence has surged across the West Bank since the start of the Hamas-Israel war in Gaza. Hundreds of Palestinians - including armed fighters, stone-throwing youths and civilian bystanders - have been killed in clashes with Israeli security forces.

Dozens of Israelis have been killed in Palestinian street attacks over the past year. At least six people were wounded, two of them seriously, in a stabbing attack in the Israeli city of Hadera on Wednesday, Israeli authorities said.