Beni Mellal

Articles

• Morocco Plans 420-Kilometer Highway Linking Marrakech to Fez at $2.8 Billion Cost
  11 April, by Said

  Morocco has officially launched preliminary studies to determine the technical specifications and financing model for a highway project connecting Marrakech to Fez via Beni Mellal and Khenifra.
  The cost of this infrastructure is currently estimated at around 28 billion dirhams. According to information provided by Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water, in a written response to a parliamentary question, this project represents a key infrastructure development for the country. "This (…)

• Police Arrest Key Suspect in Moroccan Teen’s Gang Rape Case
  24 January 2019, by Said

  After several months on the run, the police managed to apprehend one of the main suspects in the Khadija case, named after this teenager who was the victim of a collective rape for several weeks.
  Sources cited by Alyaoum24 explain that the man was arrested last Monday by the gendarmes. It is the famous "Azeddine" whose first name was tattooed on several parts of the young woman’s body. Khadija’s father says he heard about this arrest but is still waiting for confirmation from the police. (…)

• Mentally Disturbed Man Kills Policeman, Injures Son in Moroccan Knife Attack
  6 February 2019, by Said

  An individual showing signs of mental disturbance killed Tuesday a policeman and seriously injured his 27-year-old son in a knife attack.
  The suspect "attacked the victim without any logical or apparent reason, stabbing him with a knife, causing his death and seriously injuring his son in the abdomen," says the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a statement, specifying that the individual was in the habit of going to the policeman’s home "because of his ties with his (…)

• Man Arrested for Selling Human Skull at Moroccan Market for 50 Cents
  16 February 2019, by Bladi.net

  The security forces of Beni Mellal arrested on Friday a man who had just put a human skull up for sale on the old market.
  The merchant had placed the skull on the ground, in the old market of Beni Mellal, placed candles next to it, no doubt to make people think of certain uses that could be made of it, and set the price of the skull at... 5 dirhams, in the middle of the crowd and to the great surprise of passers-by.
  A police patrol later arrested the suspect before taking him to the (…)

• Moroccan Court Sentences Father to 6 Years for Raping Adult Daughter
  28 February 2019, by Amine

  It will be 6 years behind bars that a man who raped his own daughter in Beni Mellal will serve. The daughter is 20 years old.
  The verdict is in! The criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal of Beni Mellal has just sentenced the man who sexually abused his own daughter in January to 6 years in prison.
  The 20-year-old woman is said to have fled the family home to report her father, who raped her so that he could be prosecuted and punished accordingly. She is said to have informed the (…)

• Deadly Stabbing Over Cigarettes Shocks Moroccan City of Beni Mellal
  19 March 2019, by Amine

  A man in his forties took his last breath at the regional hospital in Beni Mellal after being stabbed several times in various parts of his body. This happened last Friday.
  Several "friends" were, according to Alyaoum24, drinking together when one of them, because of a pack of cigarettes, threw himself at another with the apparent intention of taking his life, and several stabs were then inflicted by the criminal.
  The victim was taken to the hospital. But the hemorrhage was so severe and (…)

• Moroccan Man Drowns in Pool Tragedy Near Souk Afourer
  16 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  Heading to Souk Afourer, accompanied by several people, the victim, according to Hespress, shortly afterwards went towards a pool to refresh himself. Having noticed his sudden disappearance in the water, his companions, worried, had no choice but to call the authorities for help.
  Once on the scene, the Gendarmerie elements, in collaboration with the Diving Company of the Civil Protection, succeeded in the operation of recovering the young man’s remains, placed in the morgue of the Regional (…)

• Moroccan Imam Jailed for Adultery and Sexual Misconduct in Beni Mellal
  15 November 2019, by Kamal

  An imam serving in a mosque in Beni Mellal was sentenced by the courts to a prison term for incitement to debauchery, sexual harassment and adultery.
  The court of first instance in Beni Mellal sentenced the religious leader to two months in prison with a fine of 10,000 dirhams. His mistress, for her part, received a 4-month suspended sentence, reports Alyaoum24.
  Arrested last October in the act of adultery, the defendants, both married, had been brought before the courts. The case had (…)

• Agricultural Workers Injured as Pickup Truck Overturns in Morocco
  13 December 2019, by Ginette

  The overturning of a pickup truck on Wednesday evening on the road to Lâayayta left 23 injured. The victims, all agricultural workers, were on board the vehicle during the accident.
  The driver is said to have lost control of his vehicle before overturning on the road. The passengers were injured to varying degrees of severity, according to local authorities.
  The injured, some of whom are in critical condition, were rushed to the regional hospital in Beni Mellal. And as is customary in (…)

• Tragic Accident at Moroccan Festival: Elderly Horseman Dies After Rifle Malfunction
  9 April 2019, by Amine

  Last Sunday, during the annual moussem of Moulay Aissa Ben Driss in the Beni Mellal region, a horseman died after being surprised by an accidental shot from his defective rifle.
  In the rural commune of Moulay Aissa Ben Driss, during the annual moussem, a horseman over 80 years old died after being frightened and injured by a shot from his own rifle. He would have fallen off his horse, and died from his injuries.
  Al Akhbar, based on the testimony of people who witnessed the scene, (…)