Homicide

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• Brothers’ Inheritance Dispute Turns Deadly in Sidi Bennour, Morocco
  27 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  A violent dispute between two brothers resulted in the death of one of them. The tragedy occurred on Friday, January 24, 2020, in Sidi Bennour.
  It all started with a dispute that turned into a brawl, witnesses on the spot confided. The two brothers exchanged punches. Armed with a knife, one of the two beat his brother to death. The origin of this dispute was an inheritance matter that turned into a tragedy.
  Alerted, the local authorities and the gendarmes went to the scene. After the (…)

• Moroccan Woman’s Trial for Gruesome UAE Murder-Cannibalism Case Delayed
  7 February 2019, by Amine

  The Moroccan woman who in November 2018 killed and cooked her lover, before offering him to be eaten by Pakistani workers, has just had her trial postponed in the United Arab Emirates.
  At 37 years old, she is said to have stabbed her partner to death, then cut up his body into three pieces before simply cooking him and offering him to be eaten by workers. This act, which she previously described as a "fit of madness," according to the newspaper The National, would have been motivated by (…)

• Moroccan Man Kills Wife, Burns Body in Deadly Property Dispute
  20 February 2019, by Amine

  A man in his fifties living in the Aït Baha region has just killed his wife by hitting her several times before pouring gasoline on her body and setting it on fire. The reason is purely material: a dispute over the ownership of the family home.
  The woman, aged 45, is said to have complained several times to the authorities about ill-treatment from her husband. The issue of home ownership was a constant source of dispute. According to Skynews, the man and the woman had been living together (…)

• Imam Narrowly Escapes Ax Attack in Moroccan Mosque After Witchcraft Accusation
  1 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  An imam narrowly escaped a massacre in Rhamna. He is accused of having cast an evil spell on his alleged aggressor.
  The imam was the target of a madman who burst into the mosque to confront him. Witnesses to the incident said the defendant entered the mosque with an ax in hand to attack the imam.
  He only escaped with his life thanks to the intervention of the worshippers who managed to prevent him. According to the defendant, the imam had cast a spell on him.
  Informed, the royal (…)

• Son Arrested in Salé for Fatal Stabbing of 70-Year-Old Father
  27 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  An individual was arrested on Tuesday, February 25 in Salé, for his alleged involvement in a case of assault with a bladed weapon resulting in the death of his father.
  A vicious crime in Salé. The residents witnessed an unusual tragedy. The suspect stabbed his father at his home, in Hay Rahma in Salé, for reasons and motives that are currently the subject of research and investigation.
  According to the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), the elements of the judicial police, (…)

• Moroccan Man Attacks Ex-Wife with Knife in Spanish Bar, Leaving Her Critically Injured
  1 March 2019, by Amine

  A Moroccan, knife in hand, recently entered the bar where his ex-wife works before inflicting several blows to her throat.
  The Moroccan seemed determined, even before entering the bar, to slit his former wife’s throat. Indeed, AlYaoum24 specifies that the woman was surprised to see her ex-husband enter the bar and immediately attack her, with the intention of killing her, by hitting her several times in the neck with a bladed weapon.
  The victim, whose initials are H.Z, is a 42-year-old (…)

• Brutal Throat-Slitting Incident in Meknès Shocks Morocco, Police Investigate
  3 March 2019, by Amine

  A video showing a man with his throat slit in Meknès, on Friday, March 1, in the Al Borj neighborhood, was widely shared on social media, causing panic, outrage and distress.
  Passers-by are said to have discovered a 28-year-old man with his throat slit, in the Al Borj neighborhood of Meknès. The victim had his throat slit and was lying in a pool of his own blood. A video was recorded by one of them.
  An investigation has been opened by the police to shed light on this case, probably a (…)

• Gendarmerie Scandal: Alleged Cover-Up of Farmer’s Murder Shakes Moroccan Region
  6 March 2019, by Amine

  An earthquake has just hit the brigade of the Royal Gendarmerie of Talmest, in the Essaouira region. There is talk of non-denunciation of the perpetrators of a murder.
  The regional commander of the Royal Gendarmerie of Essaouira would have, according to Assabah, received a sound recording where an element of the brigade of the Royal Gendarmerie of Talmest denounces the perpetrators of a murder when, officially, the investigation is stalling. The brigade chief himself would be implicated. (…)

• Domestic Dispute Turns Deadly: Woman Fatally Stabbed by Husband in Berrechid, Morocco
  28 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  A young woman was brutally murdered by her husband in Berrechid. The tragedy follows a simple domestic dispute.
  Stabbed for a basket of food. This is the vicious crime that has shocked the entire city of Berrechid. It all started with an altercation between the two spouses, in the Hassani neighborhood.
  The discussion escalated and the defendant, armed with a knife, inflicted several fatal blows to his wife.
  The victim, a mother of two, died at the crime scene.
  Informed, the police (…)

• Triple Homicide in Casablanca: Man Kills Wife, Daughter, and Neighbor in Suspected Adultery Case
  16 April 2020, by Bladi.net

  For an adultery case, a family man coldly killed, on Tuesday in the Djajna douar, in the outskirts of Casablanca, two members of his family and his neighbor.
  This passionate and bloody crime has shocked the inhabitants of the city of Casablanca. The killer put an end to the life of his wife, his young daughter and his neighbor with a bladed weapon following a presumed case of adultery, reports Barlamane.
  The family man, after committing the crime, surrendered on his own to the royal (…)