25 March 2021 :

A 42-year-old muezzin has been sentenced to death in Algeria for stabbing and slitting the throat of his wife - who was pregnant with twins - in a crime that shocked Algerian society, Gulf News reported on 21 March 2021. She was 39.
The convict is a father of four and had married the victim 10 years ago.
The crime dates back to mid-October 2019 when the perpetrator took his four children to a separate room so that they would not see the crime. He then returned to his pregnant wife and stabbed her four times in different parts of her body before slitting her throat.
The main reason for the crime is believed to be severe and continuous disagreements between the couple.
The competent court in Algeria charged the killer with premeditated murder and sentenced him to death.
During the trial session, the accused claimed that he had a neurological disease and other chronic diseases, but the medical report refuted his claims.
Initial investigations indicated that the perpetrator confessed that he threatened his wife with death and admitted that he had prepared to commit his crime in advance after he hid the knife in his bedroom.

20 February 2021 :

An Algerian court on 18 February 2021 sentenced to death a jihadist for the kidnapping and beheading of French mountaineer Herve Gourdel six years ago after a high profile one-day trial.
The 2014 killing in Algeria of Gourdel was claimed by a jihadist faction affiliated to the Islamic State Group.
Gourdel, 55, was abducted while exploring the rugged massif in the North African nation's Djurdjura National Park, a draw for hikers, but also long a sanctuary for jihadists.
Three days after he disappeared, gunmen from militant group Jund al-Khilafa -- Arabic for Soldiers of the Caliphate -- published a gruesome video of his murder.
The trial opened on 18 February with 14 defendants, eight of whom were accused of being jihadists and were charged with Gourdel's kidnapping and murder.
However, only one of the eight, Abdelmalek Hamzaoui, is in custody. The other seven were tried and sentenced to death in absentia.
On 18 February, Hamzaoui was brought to court by ambulance in a wheelchair accompanied by a medical team and watched over by police special forces.
At the request of defence lawyers, the trial opening had been delayed for two weeks due to his ill health.
Questioned by the judge, Hamzaoui had denied having taken part in the abduction and killing of Gourdel, telling the court he was accused only to "close the case and please the French".
Hamzaoui was found guilty and sentenced to death, though there has been a moratorium on executions in Algeria since 1993.
Six others also on trial, accused of failing to inform authorities promptly of Gourdel's abduction, were all acquitted, according to an AFP journalist at the court.
Five were Gourdel's climbing companions and spent 14 hours in captivity along with him before being released.
Four of them formally identified Hamzaoui in court as being one of the kidnappers.