Homicide

Articles

• Moroccan Man on Trial for Wife’s 2015 Murder in Paris Suburb
  18 February 2019, by Said

  The trial of Brahim J, accused of having killed his wife in 2015 in the Paris region, before throwing her body into a canal, opens this Monday before the Assize Court of Val-d’Oise. The man of Moroccan origin faces life imprisonment.
  Now 37 years old, the man described as jealous and possessive by the investigators quoted by the newspaper Le Parisien, had admitted to having killed his wife, Hafida, after an argument that went wrong. "She annoyed me. So I hit her, and I killed her. I (…)

• Moroccan Nightclub Tycoon Slain in Spain Linked to Irish Crime Cartel
  5 March 2019, by Amine

  A Moroccan millionaire, owner among other things of several nightclubs, was riddled with bullets at the end of January in Marbella, Spain. The ongoing investigation has revealed several notable facts, including the Moroccan’s involvement in money laundering for the Irish Kinahan cartel.
  The investigation by the Spanish police, according to The Irish Sun, has revealed that Marco Yaqout, 49, killed by gunfire (15 bullets) on January 21, was laundering money for the Kinahan cartel. Some (…)

• Marrakech Woman’s Death After Street Harassment Now Investigated as Possible Murder
  22 March 2019, by Amine

  A few days ago, this tragic story broke out where a woman died in Marrakech after a sexual harassment incident in the street took a turn for the worse. New elements show that the case is more dramatic than it appeared. In fact, it would be a case of sexual harassment followed by murder, seemingly (so far) unintentional.
  After repeatedly refusing when he tried to "flirt" with a 38-year-old woman on the street, a 26-year-old man is said to have slapped her and then pushed her, causing her (…)

• Belgian Police Arrest Moroccan Man in Ex-Wife’s Murder Case
  4 November 2020, by Jérôme
• Moroccan Court Sentences Two to 25 Years for Child Abduction and Murder in Ouarzazate
  28 August 2021, by Ginette

  Initially, the two defendants had been prosecuted for the kidnapping of a minor under the age of 12, fraud and bribery offenses. But in September 2020, a shepherd discovered the decomposing body of the young girl, in a mountain near her hometown. It was thanks to her clothes that she could be identified.
  Extensive investigations by the Royal Gendarmerie led to the identification and arrest of the suspects (a quinquagenarian fqih and another sexagenarian) who will each serve 25 years behind (…)

• Two Moroccan Men Found Shot Dead Near Nîmes, France
  19 June 2019, by Said

  The two men whose bodies were found last Sunday in Marguerittes, in the Nîmes region, are Moroccans. They would have been executed, both by gunfire, according to the first elements of the investigation, disclosed by the Gendarmerie.
  The bodies of the two victims were discovered by a walker, reports the regional newspaper Midi Libre, according to which they would have been killed by shotgun fire. "It would be shotgun fire, one shot in the eye, the other in the neck. In both cases, the (…)

• Moroccan Woman Dies After Brutal Assault and Immolation in Fez
  22 July 2019, by Kamal

  Last Ramadan, the young Hayat was returning home to Fez, from Casablanca where she works, when an individual intercepted her at the bus station. She had planned to spend the Eid al-Fitr holidays with her mother.
  Kidnapped by force, the young girl was taken to an isolated house, in the Ouled Taieb region. In this isolated place, the victim suffered the worst physical and sexual abuse. Her tormentor then sprayed her with gasoline, before setting fire to her body, causing very serious burns. (…)

• Man Dies After Police Check in Béziers, France Amid Curfew Enforcement
  11 April 2020, by Sylvanus

  According to prosecutor Raphaël Balland, the municipal police officers had carried out his check around 10:20 pm on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in the streets of Béziers, where a curfew is in effect from 9 pm. Mohamed, a man convicted eight times since 2005, died after "more than three quarters of an hour of resuscitation attempts in the premises of the Béziers police station".
  The three police officers heard in this case said that the thirty-year-old had "refused the check", reports Le (…)

• Appeal Trial Delayed in 2007 Moroccan Beach Death Case, Mother Seeks Answers
  12 June 2020, by Kamal

  13 years after the tragic disappearance of the young Thami Bennani, found dead on a beach in Mohammedia, the appeal trial of the 3 accused, prosecuted for non-denunciation of a crime and involuntary manslaughter, was adjourned to July 17.
  The facts date back to 2007, when the body of the young man had been discovered by a farmer while plowing his field. The victim had been buried there by his friends, following a drug overdose.
  The body had then been placed in the morgue under X, based (…)

• Elderly Taxi Driver Murdered in Brutal Knife Attack Near Agadir Airport
  13 January 2021, by Ginette

  As he was leaving his home on Monday, January 4, this 65-year-old taxi driver had no idea he would end his life, killed by 25 stab wounds. The murder took place at the entrance to the Tine Saïd douar.
  For this grand taxi driver, it was an ordinary day until he found himself face to face with death. That day, at the Biougra station, Chtouka-Ait Baha province, he parks his car and picks up his clients as usual. The clients will get out one by one, until he has only one left, a young man (…)