Guelma: prosecutor announces arrest after 10-year-old girl dies during ruqya session
Record class
Context only
Evidence status
Active investigation
Authority role
ruqya practitioner
Organization
No organization assigned
Spiritual nexus
The child died during a ruqya session conducted by the accused practitioner under claimed religious-healing authority.
- Spiritual healing or treatment
- Exorcism or deliverance
Evidence structure
Proceedings
Date in cited record · arrest announced, investigation opened
Guelma public prosecutor's office, Algeria. A 10-year-old girl in Guelma died after being subjected to physical abuse during a ruqya (Islamic healing/exorcism) session; the Guelma public prosecutor announced the arrest of the practitioner responsible.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- claimed exorcism/healing authority
- physical restraint/violence framed as ritual treatment
Primary record
Sources
- press aggregate needs primary arrest report Aggregated Arabic-language press reporting on the Guelma fatal-ruqya case and prosecutor's arrest announcement (search-result summary; primary article URL not yet isolated).
Confirms death of a 10-year-old girl during a ruqya session in Guelma and the prosecutor's announcement of the practitioner's arrest.
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