Algeria's interim president Abdelkader Bensalah sacked the director-general of national security (police) Abdelkader Kara Bouhedba on Saturday after five people were killed and dozens injured in a concert and other injuries last Thursday for international rapper Abdel Raouf Darraji, known as "Solkings" of Algerian origin. .
The Algerian presidency announced that Ben Salah, on Saturday, appointed successor Onissi, the new Director General of National Security, succeeding the continent Bouhdba, who ended his duties in this position.
Prior to his appointment today, Khalifa Onisi served as Border Police Director.
The presidency did not elaborate on the reasons for the dismissal of Bouhdba, but several sources linked it to the stampede that preceded the launch of rapper «Soliking» last Thursday night.
Earlier in the day, Culture Minister Mariam Merdassi submitted her resignation to the head of state who accepted her.
Algerian state television broadcast a statement issued by the presidency, which reads: "Today, Mariam Merdassi presented to President Abdelkader Bensalah her resignation as Minister of Culture, who accepted her."
On Friday, Prime Minister Noureddine Badawi sacked Sami bin Sheikh al-Hussein, director-general of the National Office of Copyright and Related Rights, the organizer of the concert, which took place at the August 20 stadium in downtown Algiers.
It is the only concert in Algeria for the 29-year-old Algerian rapper Soulking, who has been living in France since 2014 and who gained international fame in 2018.
In March 2019, Solking dedicated one of his songs, Freedom, to the unprecedented protest movement in Algeria less than a month after its launch.
Demonstrators often chanted the song in their protests.
On Friday, the Algerian public prosecutor announced the opening of in-depth investigations with a view to knowing the circumstances and circumstances of this painful incident, while identifying the responsibilities.
The stampede took place on Thursday at one of the entrances to the 20 August stadium (20 August 1955 stadium) in the popular district of Mohamed Belouizdad (formerly Belkour), just before the start of the concert, which was held normally despite the incident.
Five people aged 13 to 22 died in the stampede.
Relatives of the victims and many Algerians have denounced the ceremony at the stadium, one of Algeria's oldest.