Homicide

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• Thousands March for Justice After Teen Killed by Reckless Driver in Montpellier
  21 December 2022, by Sylvanus

  The burial of Aymen, the 14-year-old boy hit and killed by a runaway car on the evening of December 14, on Rue de Barcelone, Cité de la Mosson, after the Morocco-France match, took place on Tuesday at the Grammont funeral home after a silent march attended by more than 3,000 people.
  Parents, relatives, children and friends of Aymen, residents of La Paillade and the city center were numerous to participate in the white march organized on Tuesday to pay a final tribute to the teenager (…)

• 8-Year-Old Dies After Assault by Mother’s Lover in Morocco
  28 April 2020, by Sylvanus

  An 8-year-old child died on Monday morning at the hospital as a result of complications from the violent physical assault he had suffered from an individual who was having an illegal relationship with the victim’s mother, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  On April 23, the suspect (26 years old) had inflicted blows and injuries on the victim due to a dispute that opposed him to the mother of the latter with whom he was having an illegal (…)

• Taxi Driver Murdered in Sidi Kacem; Wife and Lover Suspected in Plot
  16 May 2019, by Amine

  This strangely reminds us of the Merdas case where a deputy of the Constitutional Union (Merdas) was killed by his wife’s lover. In Sidi Kacem, a taxi driver has just been murdered by a grocer who is also the lover of his wife.
  According to Al Akhbar, a 46-year-old grocer in the Sidi Kacem area is said to have premeditated the murder of a taxi driver, by beating him with sticks, before staging the scene to make it look like a simple assault that got out of hand.
  To do this, he waited (…)

• Land Dispute in Morocco Turns Deadly as Man Killed in Stone Attack
  21 December 2019, by Bladi.net

  It all started with an altercation that turned tragic between two neighbors over a land issue. During the argument, the accused struck his victim several times with stones until he died, witnesses cited by Barlamane testify.
  Alerted, the gendarmes of the territorial brigade of Smimou arrived on the scene. As for the body of the deceased, it was evacuated to the morgue for an autopsy.
  The accused was taken into custody for the purposes of the investigation conducted under the supervision (…)

• Moroccan Man’s Burned Body Found; Son Suspected in Gruesome Parricide Case
  11 March 2019, by Amine

  The gendarmes stationed in Kelaa Sraghna discovered on Saturday the body of a man who would have been the victim of a parricide. The remains had been thrown into a hole after the facts.
  The man would, according to Alyaoum24 which cites local sources, have been killed by his own son who then burned his body before burying it near the family home. The alleged murderer is currently being questioned by the police who are trying to determine the exact circumstances of the tragedy.
  The (…)

• Moroccan Man Stabs Sister-in-Law and Niece in Violent Family Dispute
  7 April 2019, by Kamal

  The El guerdane region, in the province of Taroudant, was the scene of an abominable crime perpetrated by a man in his forties.
  This Friday afternoon, in the Hajjaj douar, a man in his forties stabbed his sister-in-law and her young daughter.
  Following marital conflicts, the man went to his wife’s home armed with a bladed weapon, with the firm intention of taking revenge. He finds his sister-in-law alone with her daughter on the spot. Under the influence of anger, he commits the (…)

• Irish Court Decision Sparks Controversy in Murder Case of Azzam
  24 September 2020, by Kamal

  The news fell like a guillotine on the victim’s family, reports the Akhabaraljalia website. They believe their child will not have a fair trial.
  According to sources cited by the media, the decision of the judges in no way reflects the actual facts. By relying on the statements of the accused and the testimony of his friends, the court has shown racial discrimination.
  Yet, deplore the same sources, according to the police report, the murderer, who was armed with a knife, had followed the (…)

• Moroccan Pharmacist Kills Wife, Self After Divorce Request in Skhirat Tragedy
  12 September 2019, by Kamal

  The city of Skhirat woke up on Wednesday, September 11, to a horrible domestic homicide. The perpetrator of the crime is a pharmacist who committed suicide an hour after shooting his wife 4 times.
  The crime, the motive of which was a divorce procedure that the perpetrator rejected, was committed early on Wednesday, September 11, in front of the victim’s pharmacy as she was about to park her car, reports the website Akhbarona.
  The perpetrator of the tragedy, who was known for his (…)

• Fatal Stabbing in Belgium: Drug Dispute Turns Deadly Between Brothers
  30 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  Ahmed Boujneh, 31, claims to have dealt a fatal knife blow to his brother, Aymen, by pure accident. Eyewitnesses to the scene give a different version of the facts.
  Ahmed Boujneh, prosecuted for fratricide, faces 5 years in prison. The two brothers lived in a studio on the Rue de Hesbaye in Liège, and were involved in the cocaine and amphetamine trade, reports DH.be. The incident occurred on March 17, 2018. Several men had visited them that day.
  According to Ahmed Boujneh’s version, it (…)

• Mentally Ill Suspect Arrested in Brutal Murder of Missing 60-Year-Old in Morocco
  11 December 2019, by Kamal

  The Royal Gendarmerie has managed to unravel the thread of the horrible homicide perpetrated in Ighrem, towards the end of November. A sexagenarian was tied up and thrown into a pit in the province of Taroudant, before being burned alive.
  A missing person report was issued by the victim’s family, who had left the family home under mysterious circumstances, to the security services of the city. His body was found a week later at the bottom of a ravine.
  According to the investigation, the (…)