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  • Casablanca Security Alert: Suspicious Bag Prompts Bomb Scare, Turns Out to Be Insecticide
    19 August 2019, by Bladi.net

    Last Thursday was a very special day for the security forces in the city of Casablanca. At the level of Derb L’Wydad, in Hay Hassani, the alert was at its peak. All perimeters were cordoned off, indicates barlamane.com. And for good reason, the discovery of a plastic bag abandoned on the public highway on which was written "Explosive substances", but which later turned out to be a hoax.
    The forensic police finally reported the discovery of a bag containing an insecticide product.
    An (…)

  • Decades-Old Bomb Explodes at Morocco Construction Site, Seriously Injuring Worker
    22 August 2019, by Kamal

    A man was seriously injured in the explosion of a bomb in Tan Tan, in southern Morocco. The victim, who was working on a construction site, was taken to the hospital.
    According to the Kech24 website, a bomb dating back to the Sahara war exploded in the afternoon of Tuesday, August 20, 2019, on a construction site in the city of Tan Tan, causing multiple fractures to a man in his fifties.
    Discovered during the drilling operation of a construction site, the bomb eventually exploded in the (…)

  • Bomb Scare in Meknes: Two Shells Found in City Center Trash Cans
    1 October 2019, by Kamal

    Two shells were discovered in garbage cans in the center of the city of Meknes. This alert caused panic among the population.
    Units of the Judicial Police, the Scientific and Technical Police, as well as elements of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) and the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) were mobilized for more than 4 hours, in order to be able to neutralize the two shells.
    Following the report of the agents on site, strict instructions from the High Command of the (…)

  • Man Arrested for Bomb Threat at Antibes Hospital After Drunken Night
    14 October 2019, by Sylvanus

    The national police arrested a man in an irregular situation in Antibes on Thursday, October 10. He threatened to set off a bomb at the Fontonne Hospital.
    According to Nice-matin, the man is 45 years old. After spending a night recovering from his drunkenness, he woke up at the Fontonne Hospital with a sudden desire.
    Certainly, a first for him. He asked the hospital staff to take care of him, otherwise he would set off a bomb.
    Faced with this threat, the staff immediately alerted the (…)

  • Fez Student Arrested for False Bomb Threat, Police Say
    10 December 2019, by Bladi.net

    The prefectural judicial police service of Fez proceeded, on Monday, to the arrest of an 18-year-old student. He is accused of his alleged involvement in a case of slanderous denunciation of a fictitious crime.
    On Thursday, December 5, 2019, the accused had contacted the command and coordination room of the Fez police prefecture. He alerted them to the presence of two explosive bombs at the home of a person located in the "Labita" district, according to a press release from the General (…)

  • Suspicious Vehicle Prompts Bomb Scare at Moroccan Consulate in Liège, Belgium
    12 June 2023, by Said

    A suspicious vehicle was discovered on Monday, June 12, in front of the Moroccan consulate in Liège. The police were notified and bomb disposal experts were dispatched to the scene.
    "The bomb alert was raised around 10:00 am on Monday morning. A suspicious vehicle is located in front of the Moroccan consulate, located at 42 boulevard de la Sauvenière," Belga reports, citing police statements.
    To deal with the situation, traffic has been interrupted on the boulevard de la Sauvenière (…)

  • Rabat School Evacuated After Students Stage Fake Bomb Threat
    4 October 2021, by Armel

    The students of the Descartes High School in Rabat had to leave their establishment on Monday, after an alert about a suspicious package. A big joke orchestrated by some students.
    A blue fear seized the Descartes High School where the administration called the police for a suspicious package. The rumor quickly spread in the morning, triggering the use of large-scale means.
    Very quickly, cynologists were dispatched to the scene. After the necessary checks, they found that it was a fake (…)

  • Mental Health Patient Sparks False Bomb Scare at Descartes High School
    5 October 2021, by Ginette

    A 41-year-old man placed on Monday, near the Lycée Descartes, a kraft bag containing two empty alcoholic beverage bottles wrapped in a ribbon. Taken for a bomb, the high school was evacuated before the searches and investigations made it possible to understand that the package posed no danger.
    The individual who placed the bag is a man followed in a mental and psychiatric clinic, indicated on Tuesday the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a press release. Questioned by the (…)

  • Man Arrested for False Bomb Threat at Fez-Saïss Airport
    5 August 2019, by Sylvanus

    Elements of the Prefectural Judicial Police Service of Fez arrested a 45-year-old individual. He would be involved in a case of denunciation of a fictitious terrorist crime.
    The accused had called, by telephone, the Command and Coordination Room, under the Prefectural Police of Fez and responsible for receiving citizens’ calls and then managing police interventions on public roads. The person concerned wanted to denounce a fictitious terrorist crime at Fez-Saïss Airport, before hanging up (…)