Tunis Criminal Court Sentences Young Man to Death by Hanging
The criminal chamber of the First Instance Court of Tunis handed down a death sentence by hanging on Thursday, 19 February 2026 to a young man found guilty of murdering his coworker after a dispute.
Details of the crime
According to the case file, the murderer pre‑planned the attack and lay in wait for his victim. He waited until his colleague got off the staff‑transport bus and then struck him more than 12 times with a knife. After the assault, the perpetrator abandoned the victim on the concrete median strip that separates the two lanes of the Tunis‑La Marsa highway, then fled the scene.
Investigation
The investigation was launched by agents of the sub‑directorate of criminal affairs of the judicial police, in coordination with the Carthage brigade. Thanks to the exploitation of surveillance cameras installed in the area, the author of the crime—a young man born in 1995—was quickly identified and arrested in cooperation with the public prosecutor’s office.
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