Amiens

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• Retired Circus Elephants to Find New Home in Casablanca Zoo After Belgian Rehabilitation
  14 July 2024, by Sylvanus

  After a long medical stay in Belgium, the 47-year-old Amiens elephants will soon be transferred from the Pairi Daiza park near Mons in Belgium to Morocco.
  Elephants from the Amiens zoo will leave Belgium for Morocco on July 22. "It’s an opportunity that has presented itself for these old ladies," says Claire Gilissen, spokesperson for the Pairi Daiza park near Mons in Belgium. Jana and Praya spent more than 15 years in the Amiens zoo. Survivors of a circus, they had to leave this zoo (…)

• Father of Slain Moroccan Student in Amiens Seeks Support, Questions French Justice System
  27 April 2020, by Kamal

  Lacking support, the father of Salma, the young Moroccan student murdered on April 3 in Amiens, has sought the support of human rights associations in France in anticipation of the trial of the alleged murderer of his daughter.
  Unable to closely follow the case, the father feels abandoned, especially since the state of health emergency prevents him from repatriating his daughter’s remains. However, he was able to attend the funeral ceremony live.
  Devastated by the loss of his daughter, (…)

• Reconstruction Underway in Brutal Murder of Moroccan Student in Amiens
  11 December 2020, by Sylvanus

  The reconstruction of the murder of Moroccan student Salma Laaziri is taking place today, in the small apartment on the 5th floor under the roof at 2, rue des Vergeaux in Amiens. This is where the lifeless body of the young woman was found on April 9.
  Bâtonnier Francis Lec, lawyer for the Laaziri family (parents and two children) who have joined the civil party, Pauline Delétré, lawyer for Mike Razafimahatratra and the investigating judge in charge of the case are meeting in front of the (…)

• Moroccan Expat Arrested in France for Running Massive Music Piracy Site, Causing €5.5M Loss
  13 October 2021, by Sylvanus

  Investigators from the Lille (Nord) research section have dismantled an illegal music download supermarket run from an apartment in Amiens (Somme). The administrator of the pirate site, a Franco-Moroccan, was arrested and will have to appear before the criminal court on February 2, 2022.
  The gendarmes began investigating the existence of a pirate site, nohazik.us, which had accumulated more than 200,000 visits in a few months, following a report from the Society of Music Authors, (…)

• Psychiatric Evaluation Deems Amiens Student’s Killer Unfit for Trial
  27 October 2021, by Sylvanus

  The psychiatric re-evaluation concluded in the "irresponsibility" of Mike Razafimahatratra, a young Reunionese student of Malagasy origin accused of having coldly murdered his girlfriend, Salma Laaziri, a student of Moroccan origin in an apartment in the Picardy city, on April 9, 2020. Consequently, he will not be tried.
  According to the experts, Mike Razafimahatratra suffered "from a mental or neuropsychic disorder that abolished his discernment within the meaning of Article 122-1 of the (…)

• Court Orders Reopening of Beauvais Mosque Closed for Controversial Sermons
  16 May 2022, by Sylvanus

  Good news for the worshippers of the Great Mosque of Beauvais closed for a period of six months at the end of December last year due to sermons "inciting hatred", "violence" and "glorifying jihad". The administrative court of Amiens ordered, this Monday, May 16, its "provisional reopening".
  The Great Mosque of Beauvais can welcome its worshippers again. The judge of the administrative court of Amiens ordered this Monday its "provisional reopening", reports Saphirnews. This decision is (…)

• Moroccan Flag on Amiens Town Hall Sparks Controversy After World Cup Victory
  9 December 2022, by Sylvanus

  During the celebration of the victory against Spain and the historic qualification of the Atlas Lions in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, Moroccan supporters hoisted a Moroccan flag on the town hall of Amiens. This prompted a reaction from the municipal authorities.
  Like several cities in France, Amiens celebrated the historic qualification of the Atlas Lions in the quarter-finals of the World Cup through fireworks, honking and singing. But some Moroccan supporters committed an act (…)

• Fire Damages Amiens Mosque, Community Shaken by Suspected Arson Attack
  30 October 2024, by Said

  Amazement and consternation at the Assounnah mosque in south Amiens this Tuesday, October 29. Arriving for the morning prayer, the faithful discovered the rear facade of the building blackened by the flames.
  "When they arrived, there was only white smoke left. They were almost suffocating," testifies to France 3 Mohamed Rahhali, former president of the AMCC association that manages the place of worship.
  Fortunately, the fire went out on its own, limiting the damage to the door and the (…)