Tunisian court on Tuesday He sentenced eight people to the death penalty in connection with the murder of left -wing opposition politician Muhammad Brahmi in 2013. TASR informs this based on the AFP report.
The court of the defendants was convicted of “attempt to change the nature of the state” a “incitement of armed conflict”. Three defendants were also convicted of “intentional participation in the assassination.”
The ninth defendant who is on the run was sentenced to five years in prison for “Failure to report terrorist acts to the competent authorities”.
AFP recalls that the Tunisian courts bring death sentences, especially in the crime of terrorism. Since 1991, however, the death penalty has been valid and judgments have been alleviated for life imprisonment.
This is the first decision made In the case of the murder of Brahmi, which took place on July 25, 2013 in front of his house at a time of restless post -revolutionary atmosphere in Tunisia. At that time, the left -wing nationalist of Brahmi was a member of the Tunisian Constitutional Assembly and a critic of the then Islamist -oriented Government. He was murdered only six months after the assassination of another opposition politician Balajid.
Brahmi’s family accused the ruling Islamist Party of An-Nahd of his murder. Party officials have strongly rejected this accusation. The responsibility for the murder of Brahmi and Balajid was joined by jihadists linked to the terrorist group Islamic State.
