Abduction and Sequestration of Amir DZ: the Four Men Suspected of Being Perpetrators

The influencer and opponent nicknamed Amir DZ had been abducted on 29 April 2024 by unknown persons and then released on 1 May. Three men, including an Algerian consular officer, were already charged in mid-April.

After a first round of arrests in April, the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office announced new indictments on Friday, in a case that had heightened the tension between Paris and Algiers.

The four defendants, who came from Seine-Saint-Denis, are suspected of being men of hand in this case of international dimensions, and they contest all the facts.

The four new indictments on Friday in Paris are between 32 and 57 years old. They are accused of having participated directly in the kidnapping, detention and detention of Amir Boukhors, opposed to the regime of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

The opponent of the Algerian regime had been abducted and detained for several days in April 2024. Four men were charged, confirms the anti-terrorist prosecutor's office.