The statement said: The crime was carried out against the martyr of the mihrab while he was kneeling in the hands of God.

The killer was admitted to a mental hospital several times, according to the testimony of citizens and mosque goers, and now he is in the hands of the gendarmerie, which has launched investigations to find out the circumstances of the crime.

The dead man obtained a volunteer license from the Directorate of Religious Affairs and Endowments, and graduated from the Faculty of Islamic Sciences in Khrouba, Algiers.