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• Family Demands Repatriation of British-Australian Businessman Buried in Morocco
  13 April, by Sylvanus

  The family of 47-year-old British-Australian businessman Allen McKenna, who died and was buried in Casablanca, not far from his Moroccan wife Majda Mjaoual’s home, on February 22, is demanding the repatriation of his body.
  "What the family wants is to get Allen back... we don’t care about his possessions, we just want him to come back, we don’t want him in Morocco. Either we bring him back to England or Australia... we don’t even know where he’s buried in Morocco at the moment," pleaded (…)

• Renowned Moroccan Fashion Designer Dies After Liposuction Procedure in Tangier
  10 April, by Said

  A fashion designer from Tetouan, known by the pseudonym "Fanna", passed away following medical complications that occurred during a liposuction operation. The procedure took place in a private clinic located at the entrance of the city of Tangier.
  According to information reported by the website Al3Omk, the deceased was one of the most prominent designers in the city of the Strait. Her death has caused a strong emotion on social media.
  Following the events, many people are now calling (…)

• Veteran Teacher Dies of Heart Attack While Teaching in Moroccan Classroom
  19 January 2021, by Kamal

  The teacher, who had been working in the Inezgane region for more than 30 years, succumbed to a heart attack while teaching his class.
  Alerted by the students, the school principal and other colleagues tried to take care of him, while waiting for the ambulance to arrive, reports Kech24.
  The death of the teacher created strong emotion among his colleagues. For its part, the regional delegation of the Ministry of Education presented its condolences to the family of the deceased.

• Deadly Highway Stone-Throwing Incident Claims Woman’s Life in Morocco
  24 February 2019, by Said

  New drama on Moroccan highways where a woman, victim of stone throwing while driving her car, died Friday on the highway connecting Fez and Oujda.
  The details are reported by the Kifach site, which states that a young woman living in Fez and working in a call center in the spiritual capital was the victim of stone throwing. However, it is unclear whether the victim was hit by the thrown stones or she tried to avoid the stones thrown at her car.
  Unfortunately, cases of stone throwing are (…)

• Fatal Car Crash at Morocco Café Terrace Leaves 1 Dead, 8 Injured in Jerada
  12 April, by Said

  The toll is heavy in Jerada after an accident that occurred Friday evening: one person lost their life and eight others were injured when a car ended its course in a busy café in the city center. The health condition of several injured, urgently transported to the regional hospital, was deemed unstable.
  According to initial information available, the tragedy was reportedly due to the driver losing control of the vehicle. The car then allegedly skidded before violently crashing into the (…)

• Brother of Montpellier Hit-and-Run Victim Speaks Out Amid Community Tensions
  20 December 2022, by Ginette

  A week after Aymen’s death, hit by a reckless driver in the Mosson district of Montpellier, his elder brother Saïd broke his silence to talk about the tragedy his family has been going through since Wednesday, December 13.
  "I don’t show it, but I’m broken inside. He was my little brother, the favorite. Have you seen the world that is showing its support? Even people we’ve never seen," Saïd confides. The 20-year-old young man did not expect to lose his brother so soon, and especially not (…)

• Beloved Sète Local Figure Hakim Dies at 46, City Mourns ’Smiling Legend’
  27 December 2022, by Sylvanus

  Deceased on Sunday, the body of Hakim, an emblematic figure of local life in Sète, will be repatriated to Morocco this Wednesday, December 28, where he will be buried next to his father.
  Sète is in mourning. Hakim, 46, a well-known figure in the city, was the victim of a cerebral hemorrhage on Christmas Eve and died. The city thus loses a "bon vivant, a good guy always smiling". After this man from the Thau Island, the tributes multiply on social networks. "You leave us a great void"; "We (…)

• Senior Adviser to Morocco’s King Mohammed VI Dies at 67
  5 June 2023, by Said

  Mohamed Moâtassim, adviser to King Mohammed VI, died on Monday, June 5, after a long illness. He was 67 years old.
  Born in 1956, he did his primary and secondary schooling in Settat before obtaining a degree in political science from the Faculty of Law in Rabat in 1977. He then continued his studies and obtained two C.E.S (Specialized Study Certificates) in political science and international relations from the same faculty, as well as a postgraduate diploma (D.E.S.) from the Faculty of (…)

• Young Man Killed by Train at Spanish Station, Investigation Underway
  13 January, by Prince

  Said, a 22-year-old man, died on Thursday after being crushed by a train at the Herrera Mole station in Donostia (San Sebastián), Spain. An investigation has been opened to shed light on this tragedy.
  Said and another person were on the platform opposite the one where a train was parked. As the train had departed towards Hendaye, they jumped onto the track, according to a note from Euskal Trenbide Sarea (ETS). Said was crushed by the train; his friend, on the other hand, is safe and (…)

• Moroccan Football Chief Attends Funeral of Player’s Father in Al Hoceima
  12 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  The remains of Mustapha Ihattaren, father of the Moroccan-Dutch international, arrived in Morocco on Thursday, October 10, nearly a week after his death. As announced, the President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Faouzi Lekjaâ, went to northern Morocco in Al Hoceima to attend the funeral of the deceased and support the young player.
  The numerous steps taken by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) to repatriate the body of Mohamed Ihattaren’s father have borne (…)