Ramtane Lamamra, the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, summoned Mohamed Ait Ouali, the Moroccan ambassador to Algiers, following Algeria’s decision to sever ties with the kingdom . The Moroccan diplomat declined this invitation.
During a meeting chaired by the Algerian head of state, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Wednesday, the High Security Council (HCS) accuses the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylia (MAK) and the Rachad movement, classified as "terrorist organizations" and considered to be protected by Morocco and Israel, of being responsible for the deadly fires that ravaged the north of the neighboring country and the death of Djamel Bensmail, a 35-year-old man, lynched in Larbaâ Nath Irathen.
In Algeria, the main suspect in the death of Djamel Bensmail, a 35-year-old man lynched in Larbaâ Nath Irathen, has been arrested, according to the authorities, as he was fleeing towards Morocco . The victim was suspected of being an arsonist. The neighboring country is suffering from deadly fires ravaging the north of the country.