Imam Attacked During Dawn Prayer at Tangier Mosque, Suspect Arrested

This man would have started praying like the others, according to the account of Alyaoum24: "The imam of a mosque in the Benkiran district of Tangier was the victim, at dawn this Monday, of a knife attack by one of the worshippers".

It could have ended worse than that if it wasn’t for another person who intervened to save the imam by neutralizing the criminal, who nevertheless managed to injure the religious man in the face. The police elements then arrived to arrest the individual.

According to the same source, the aggressor would have been seen for the first time in this mosque on Friday during the Al Ichaâ prayer. This could mean that there was blatant premeditation.

At the end of March, an imam was attacked with a knife in the mosque where he officiates, this time in Agadir. The imam died from his injuries. The investigation later revealed that the aggressor showed signs of mental disorders.