Fouad Boulemia, born in 1973,[2] is a former guerrilla of the Armed Islamic Group, found guilty of killing Abdelkader Hachani and of participating in the Bentalha massacre.

Abdelkader Hachani, a leading member of the Islamic Salvation Front, was assassinated on November 22, 1999, soon after being released from prison.

In December the government announced that it had arrested Fouad Boulemia for his murder.

At the trial, he claimed to have been tortured by the secret services and threatened by General Toufik in person to force him to sign a confession that he now repudiated.

[3] He was sentenced to death again on August 1, 2004, for taking part in the Bentalha massacre, where more than 200 villagers were killed by armed guerrillas.