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Family Dispute Turns Deadly: Man Kills Wife’s Uncle in Khénifra Province Shooting

Monday 19 August 2019, by Sylvanus

A man killed his wife’s uncle with a rifle, in Kehf Nsour, in the province of Khénifra, after a family dispute.

A family dispute that escalates. A disagreement between a man and his in-laws resulted in the death of one person and left another seriously injured, reports Hespress.

The same source reports that the deceased is the uncle of the assailant’s wife, and the injured person is his father-in-law. The latter was rushed to the provincial hospital.

At the origin of the incident, "the wife would have gone to her parents’ house", after a dispute in the couple. This move exasperated the latter.

Informed, the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie and the Civil Protection arrived on the scene. They examined the body of the deceased, before depositing it in the regional morgue.