Almost 50 people sentenced to death over lynching of Algerian man wrongly accused of starting wildfires Villagers wrongly accused Djamel Ben Ismail of starting blaze The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2022
Algeria Sentences 49 for Mob Killing Volunteer Aiding in Dousing Wildfires An Algerian court sentenced 49 people to death Thursday for the brutal mob killing of a painter who had been suspected of starting devastating wildfires -- but had actually come to help fight them, according to defense lawyers and the state news agency. The killing last year in the Kabylie… Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 25, 2022
Algeria: 49 sentenced to die for lynching Good Samaritan who wanted to fight wildfires Djamel Ben Ismail was dragged into a village square and attacked by locals who wrongly accused him of starting devastating wildfires Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2022
'Death sentences for 49 people' over burning man alive wrongly linked to wildfires Djamel Ben Ismail, 38, was beaten and burnt alive by a mob in August last year after being wrongly accused of causing forest fires in Algeria and now a court has reportedly sentenced 49 people to death Daily Mirror · Nov 25, 2022