24/09/2019
Top Algerian figures go on military trial for alleged plot
ALGIERS, Algeria ? An Algerian military tribunal on Monday opened the unprecedented trial of a brother of the country's longtime former president and two ex-intelligence chiefs, accusing them of plotting against the state. Heavy security, with roadblocks leading to the courthouse in Blida, south of Algiers, marked the start of the closed-door trial, along with commotion inside the tribunal. Said Bouteflika, brother and special counsellor of former head of state Abdelaziz Bouteflika, refused to answer the judge's questions and walked out, one of the lawyers present, Farouk Ksentini, said...
