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• Family Convicted in Grisly Murder of Father Found Walled Up in Tangier Home
  11 December 2024, by Said

  A sordid family drama unfolded in Tangier, where a family was convicted for the murder of the father, whose body was found walled up in their home.
  Thus, the eldest son, Mohamed A., was sentenced to life imprisonment, while his mother, Fatima T., was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Two other brothers were sentenced to 20 years in prison, two others to 3 years and a friend of the son to 6 years.
  The case revealed a tangle of crimes ranging from murder to concealment of evidence, as well (…)

• Omar Raddad: French Court Rejects New Trial in Decades-Old Murder Case
  13 October 2022, by Ginette

  The former Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad will not have a new trial. The justice rejected on Thursday the second request for review filed by his lawyer Me Sylvie Noachovitch, based on new elements.
  The investigating commission of the court of review ruled on Thursday that the request of the former Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad, convicted twenty-eight years ago for the murder of Ghislaine Marchal and who wanted a new trial, was inadmissible. His lawyer said she was "disappointed" and (…)

• Moroccan Man Arrested in Connection with Two Decades-Old Murders in Isère
  29 November 2024, by Said

  A man of Moroccan origin was arrested in Dijon by the gendarmes. He is suspected of being involved in two unsolved murder cases: those of Laïla Afif, 40, in 2000, and Nathalie Boyer, 15, in 1988. These two tragedies, which took place in Isère, have disturbing similarities that have caught the attention of the investigators of the national cold case unit in Nanterre.
  The Laïla Afif case had begun tragically on May 12, 2000 in Villefontaine, recalls Le Parisien. This mother of five had (…)

• British Murder Suspect Extradited from Morocco to Face Charges in UK
  24 June 2023, by Said

  The Moroccan authorities have just extradited a British citizen to his country of origin. Nana Oppong was accused of murder.
  Nana Oppong, 43 years old and from Newham (east London), is suspected of having murdered Robert Powell, 50, during a party in June 2020. Arrested in Morocco last September, Oppong allegedly tried to enter the country with a forged passport. "This is a successful international cooperation that led to the arrest and extradition of Oppong," said Detective Stephen (…)

• Protests Erupt Across France After Teen’s Death in Police Shooting
  29 June 2023, by Prince

  The death of Nahel M., a 17-year-old young man, killed on Tuesday by a police officer during a traffic stop in Nanterre, sparked a wave of anger and tension in several neighborhoods of the city and even beyond. To date, some 150 people have already been arrested, according to Gérard Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior.
  Burning trash cans, fireworks, burning cars, clashes with law enforcement... Urban violence has been recorded since the announcement of Nahel’s death. The tensions, (…)

• Moroccan Father Fatally Shot at Home in Paris Suburb, Children Present
  3 March 2023, by Sylvanus

  Moustapha, a 57-year-old Moroccan, was shot dead in front of his daughters, around ten years old, at his home in Garges-lès-Gonesse (Val-d’Oise). Investigators are conducting investigations to find the alleged killers.
  The events took place on the night of Wednesday, March 1 to Thursday, March 2, 2023, in the Muette district of Garges-lès-Gonesse (Val-d’Oise). Criminals shot several times at Moustapha while he was at his window. Alerted by neighbors, the emergency services arrived at the (…)

• Fugitive Convicted in Morocco After Faking Death to Evade French Murder Charge
  17 March, by Prince

  Wanted for the murder of Mehdi Ettir, a 23-year-old man killed in 2011 in Paris, Hassan Benhamza, 22, pretended to be dead to escape justice, with the complicity of his family. Twelve years later, in 2023, he will finally be arrested and then convicted in Morocco. He has appealed. The victim’s family is demanding justice.
  Mehdi Ettir, a seasonal construction worker, was killed in broad daylight in Paris on March 27, 2011 by one of his friends named Hassan Benhamza. A dark day for Inès, (…)

• Brother Arrested for Murder and Arson in Boujdour Family Home Tragedy
  10 February 2023, by Said

  The police of the provincial district of Boujdour arrested on Wednesday a 28-year-old man, suspected of being involved in the premeditated murder of his brother.
  Intensive investigations led to the identification of the victim’s brother as the main suspect in the crime. He was arrested shortly after the discovery of the victim’s body, a 22-year-old man found with apparent signs of violence following the extinguishing of an intentionally set fire at the family home, according to the DGSN. (…)

• Suspect Arrested in Morocco for Murder of Two Foreign Hikers Near Mount Toubkal
  18 December 2018, by Said

  The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) has just announced the arrest of a man suspected of being linked to the murder of two foreign tourists whose bodies were found yesterday morning near Mount Toubkal.
  "The Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance managed, on Tuesday morning, in close coordination and cooperation with the services of the Royal Gendarmerie and the National Security, to arrest an individual for his alleged involvement in this crime," says a statement (…)

• Two Scandinavian Hikers Found Murdered in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains
  18 December 2018, by Said

  They are Ueland Maren, a 28-year-old Norwegian, and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 24-year-old Dane. According to the British newspaper The Daily Mail, their families had dissuaded them from going to Morocco "because of the chaotic situation" there, but the two mountain enthusiasts landed on December 9 in Agadir before heading to Marrakech and then the Toubkal mountains.
  According to testimonies collected by the journalists of 2M, the two tourists were surprised by nightfall on Sunday to (…)