"So, we have to wait and see what the Algerian investigation would reveal and those arrested, what are their motives and who pushed them to do.
"Now we get official statements from the Algerian president and the head of the forest authority in Tunisia and others talking about arson, and some defendants in Algeria were arrested and that raises a lot of questions: who is behind it, how did he do it and who is really supporting them?" Amin said. Some of the fires are caused by high temperatures during the summer, but there also are fires that have been deliberately set, and these people will get burned themselves.Īnalyst Amin Said tells VOA that time and investigations will tell if the accusations of arson turn out to be true. They cut water on the people, and this is a crime, he said. Kais said that some wicked people have cut drinking water in some areas and told residents to go to the president to get their water.
#BREAKING NEWSFIRE SERIES#
Tunisian President Kais Saied, whose country is battling a series of forest fires near its border with Algeria, told Tunisian state TV the country's security forces are helping to battle the fires, and he insists many of them were set on purpose: Hopefully, he insists, proof of their guilt will surface. The majority of these fires, Tebboune said, have what he called a "criminal hand" behind them, and ordinary citizens have caught 22 men suspected of setting the fires, including 11 in Tizi Ouzo, 2 in Gigell, 1 in Ain Defla, 3 in Medea and 4 in Annaba. He said conscientious citizens had caught and arrested nearly two dozen alleged arsonists. Some Algerian media reports put the death toll from the fires at more than 70 people killed.Īlgerian President Abdel Medjid Tebboune said in a televised address that many of the fires were deliberately set. 11, 2021.Īlgerian TV reported that 40 of the nearly 100 fires that were burning in 17 provinces of the country had been extinguished by Friday morning. A firefighter sprays water in a forest devastated by a fire, in the northern Tunisia, on Aug.
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