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• Moroccan Man Kills Wife in Front of Children in Almería, Spain
  8 August 2023, by Prince

  A Moroccan man slit his wife’s throat, also of Moroccan origin, on Monday in the Pescadería neighborhood of Almería, in front of their children aged 9 and 8. The minors called on neighbors for help to alert the police.
  The man, aged 32, is said to have cut his wife’s throat with a 10-centimeter kitchen knife in front of their 9 and 8-year-old children. The victim, aged 27, was a nanny for a 5-month-old baby, sources from the Almería provincial police station told EFE, specifying that the (…)

• Stepmother Arrested in Marrakech for Double Homicide of Minor Children
  3 August 2020, by Kamal

  A woman in her fifties was arrested on Sunday, August 2, for her alleged involvement in the premeditated double homicide of her two stepchildren.
  On Sunday morning, the prefectural service of the judicial police of Marrakech opened a preliminary investigation, following the death of two minor children, aged 12 and 14, killed by their stepmother at the family home in the Kasbah neighborhood.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security stressed that the 12-year-old boy (…)

• Moroccan Rights Commission Intervenes in Jerada Girl’s School Enrollment Case
  28 September 2020, by Jérôme

  Following information and comments on social networks concerning the case of this young girl, the CNDH, through its Regional Commission for the Oriental region, decided to approach the mother and the student concerned. They confirmed the information, adding that her request for re-enrollment has remained unanswered, due to the change of address, the CNDH statement said. It also indicates that it has taken note of the family and social conditions that have disrupted the student’s schooling. (…)

• Moroccan Mothers Flock to Spanish Enclave for Free Healthcare and Citizenship
  3 January 2021, by Espagnol

  Every year, thousands of Moroccan women travel to Melilla and Ceuta to give birth. The goal: to take advantage of a highly efficient and free health system and ensure Spanish nationality for their newborn.
  According to a health official at the Melilla hospital, in 2020 there were a total of 1,196 births compared to 2,476 in 2019, a decrease of nearly 50%. This decline is due to the closure of borders between the two countries due to the coronavirus pandemic. These figures are far from the (…)

• Spain Moves to Revoke Citizenship of 78 Babies in Birth Tourism Scheme
  23 April 2022, by Prince

  Spain has initiated administrative procedures to withdraw nationality from 78 Moroccan babies born in Melilla and registered in the civil registry as Spanish.
  The Moroccan mothers of these babies entered Melilla to give birth at the regional hospital, where a very active criminal network offered them to register the newborns in the Spanish civil registry in exchange for a large sum of money. The organization "put these young mothers in contact with men of Spanish nationality, mostly of (…)

• Tragic Car Accident in Khenifra Kills Child, Injures Two Others
  21 August 2020, by Kamal

  Three children were hit, Wednesday evening in Khenifra. The tragic accident left one dead and two seriously injured.
  According to the site Akhbarona, the children, aged 3, 8 and 11, were playing in front of the family home when they were brutally mowed down by a car traveling at very high speed.
  Faulty brakes, according to the driver’s statements, would be the cause of this accident, which caused the death of the 8-year-old child. The other two are in critical condition.
  The public (…)

• Deadly Floods in Morocco: Two Killed as Torrential Rains Hit Khénifra Region
  4 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  Two people, including a teenager and a sexagenarian, died in Khénifra in the floods that hit the Kingdom. The teenager died from a fatal fall due to the power of the wind, while the older person was swept away by the torrents.
  Alerted by the population, the civil protection elements went to the scene to try to rescue the young girl. The roads blocked by mud and torrents also did not facilitate her emergency evacuation.
  Unfortunately, the victim succumbed to her injuries during her (…)

• Belgian Driver Sentenced in Fatal Hit-and-Run of 11-Year-Old Cyclist
  26 July 2023, by Prince

  The Maaseik police court has just sentenced a woman to three months in prison with probation and eight months of driving ban for hitting Bilal Ben Omar, an 11-year-old Moroccan, on May 19, 2021 in Maasmechelen. The boy died a few days later in the hospital.
  The woman, from Kinrooi, hit Bilal who was cycling with her Citroën on the roundabout of the Oude Baan and the Koning Albertlaan in Maasmechelen. The forty-year-old dragged the boy, trapped under her car, for a few more

• 11-Year-Old Girl Killed in Antwerp Drug Gang Shooting, Police Investigate
  11 January 2023, by Prince

  A 11-year-old girl was killed on Monday in Antwerp in a shooting that targeted her home in Merksem. A member of a Moroccan family involved in drug trafficking, Ferdaous was a collateral victim of a settling of scores between drug traffickers.
  "The 11-year-old girl was seriously injured. She was taken to the hospital, but unfortunately she died shortly afterwards," said Willem Migom, spokesperson for the Antwerp police, on Tuesday. Initially, the agents thought the young girl had succumbed (…)

• Moroccan Mother Battles for Spanish Citizenship for Spain-Born Children
  7 February 2023, by Prince

  Sara, a Moroccan, has been fighting in Malaga for years to obtain Spanish nationality for her three children aged 17, 14 and 11, all born in Spain from a previous marriage to a Moroccan.
  Sara’s three children, victims of domestic violence from her ex-husband, were born and raised in Spain where they are pursuing their studies normally. The Moroccan woman, who remarried a Spaniard in 2020, is doing everything in her power to ensure that her three children, of whom she has sole custody, (…)