Bir Jdid

Articles

• Outrage as Woman Forced to Give Birth on Street Outside Closed Morocco Hospital
  20 October 2020, by Ginette

  The city of Bir Jdid is splashed by a new scandal. A woman gave birth on the street in front of a hospital whose doors remained hopelessly closed.
  The filmed scene is making the rounds of social media and shows the woman on the ground, surrounded by her husband and a few family members. It is there, lying on the ground and exposed to the elements that she gives life, in the absence of any medical assistance. The author of the video struggles to hide his discontent. "Look at the tragic (…)

• Sandstorm Aids Bank Heist in Morocco: Over $20,000 Stolen in Bir Jdid
  23 October 2020, by Kamal

  Individuals took advantage of the sandstorm that hit a large part of Morocco last Tuesday to commit a robbery in a bank branch in Bir Jdid. The stolen loot was estimated at more than 200,000 dirhams.
  The city center of Bir Jdid was deserted on Tuesday, due to the sandstorm that hit the entire region. Individuals took advantage of the weather conditions to dig a 60 cm diameter hole in the rear facade of the agency.
  According to Andaluspress, 150,000 Moroccan dirhams and nearly 90,000 in (…)

• Family Arrested for Staging Child Kidnapping and Ransom Scheme in Morocco
  4 October 2019, by Kamal

  The Bir Jdid Police Brigade succeeded in arresting 2 women and 1 man from the same family for their alleged involvement in a case of kidnapping, extortion and launching an alert for a supposed hostage-taking.
  According to a press release from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), a false alert was received by the police, reporting the kidnapping of a child in the Bir Jdid region.
  The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of 60,000 dirhams from the father in exchange for his (…)

• Moroccan Court Upholds Suspension of Local Official Accused of Embezzlement
  20 January 2020, by Bladi.net

  The Administrative Court of Casablanca has confirmed the suspension of the President of the Commune of Bir Jdid, Mouloud Skaoukaa, pronounced by the Governor of El Jadida on December 12 last. He is being prosecuted for embezzlement of public funds.
  Mouloud Skaoukaa, a member of the Union of Socialist Forces (USFP) party, is no longer the president of the commune of Bid Jdid. Dismissed from this position on December 12 last by the Governor of El Jadida, Mohammed El Guerrouj, following a (…)

• Moroccan Authorities Arrest Four Treasure-Hunting Spiritual Leaders in Farm Raid
  29 October 2020, by Bladi.net

  The Royal Gendarmerie of Bidr Jdid brought, on Monday, before the Prosecutor of the King near the Court of First Instance of El Jadida four fkihs, treasure hunters.
  The case broke out when the gendarmerie elements were informed of the presence of these fkihs on a farm located in Lamharza Essahel to unearth treasures, reports Aujourd’hui le Maroc.
  On the farm, the fkihs were chanting and reciting verses from the Quran. Once on the spot, the gendarmes proceeded to arrest four of the six (…)