Convicted Imlil Murderer Dies by Suicide in Moroccan Prison

The man who hanged himself using a piece of fabric extracted from his clothes was a member of the "chamharouch cell". Abderrahmane Khayali, had been tried in July 2019 and was sentenced to death by the anti-terrorism court in Salé.

They were about twenty to answer for the 2018 murder of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 24-year-old Danish student, and her 28-year-old Norwegian friend, Maren Ueland. But only three of them were sentenced to death.

In a statement, the administration of the local prison in Oujda specified that the detainee hanged himself by attaching a piece of fabric extracted from his clothes to the window of his cell. It stresses that the competent prosecutor’s office and his relatives have been informed, in accordance with the provisions of the law on the organization of penitentiary establishments.