Tunisian court hands capital punishments to five following 2020 deadly tribal confrontations

The court of First Instance of the coastal city of Gabes, condemned Wednesday five people to capital punishments, a sixth person to life imprisonment, all of them charged with premeditated murder and possession of a firearm without a permit during a 2020 confrontation between two tribes in Ain skhouna, South of Tunisia.
December 12, 2020, two tribes, respectively from Douz in Kebili governorate and from Béni Khedech in Medenine governorate clashed over land issues. Three people were killed in the confrontations. 60 other people were injured. President Kais Saied visited the scene December 14.
The prosecution in Medenine indicted 12 people all of them accused of premeditated murder and possession of a firearm without a permit.
Mounir Arroum, the Spokesperson of the Gabes court of First Instance told media that the tribunal slapped capital punishments on five, a sixth person sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia while the seventh defendant was also condemned to life imprisonment.
Other defendants were also handed sentences ranging from eight to ten years. One person has been acquitted.