Ali Tounsi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ali Tounsi

Chief of Police of Algerian National Police

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1937

Place of Birth: Metz, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 25-Feb-2010

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Algeria

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ali Tounsi

  • Ali Tounsi (Arabic: ??? ??????) (died February 25, 2010) was the Chief of Algeria's national police force between 1994 and 2010.
  • He was shot dead in his office in Algiers by a senior police official, with whom he was arguing at the time.
  • The official, said to be the chief of national police schools, was described as having acted during "an attack of madness".
  • One source stated that other nearby officers returned fire; others indicated that it was Tounsi himself who wounded his attacker.
  • The official statement released by the Interior Ministry said that the gunman had shot himself and was taken to a hospital.
  • Two other people were said to have been injured in the attack.
  • An inquiry into the killing has been opened. At the time of his death Tounsi had been the chief of the National Police for over a decade.
  • He was buried at the El Alia Cemetery.

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