The funeral of Ali Tounsi was held in February 2010
A former police colonel in Algeria has been sentenced to death for the murder of the country’s police chief, Ali Tounsi.
Chouaib Oultache shot the commander dead in his office in during a meeting there seven years ago.
A court rejected Oultache’s claim that there was a heated dispute and that he had to defend himself when the police chief threatened him with a letter-opener.
According to the AFP news agency, Mr Tounsi was named police chief in 1994 when the bloodshed in Algeria between armed Islamist groups and security forces was at its peak.
During his time in office, he focused on boosting counter-terror operations.
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