Jan. 4
TUNISIA:
Tunisia sentences man to death for murder and rape of infant
An Army Corporal accused of murdering a four-year-old child has been sentenced
to death by firearm, the lawyer of the victim's family confirmed.
"The Permanent Military Court of Tunis, on Tuesday, pronounced the death
penalty by firearm against the killer of child Yassine Aouachri," Zoubeir
Yahyaoui added in a statement to Tunisian Agence Presse. The defendant has the
right to appeal against the ruling.
Capital punishment can only take place when it is validated by the President of
the Republic. The last time capital punishment was used in Tunisia was in 1991.
Mohamed Amine Yahyaoui, 25, was charged with misappropriation of a minor, using
violence that resulted in the death, rape, sequestration and maltreatment of a
juvenile with premeditation.
The 4-year-old child, who was abducted on 17 May 2016 in front of a primary
school in the Mellassine neighbourhood, was found murdered the same day in an
abandoned house in Cite Hellal.
Yahyaoui had made 4 attempts to kidnap a child before capturing Yassine.
(source: Middle East Monitor)
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