Khemisset

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• Moroccan Gendarme Arrested for Corruption in Khémisset Sting Operation
  13 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  In Khémisset, the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie arrested one of their own in the act of corruption. He is accused of having received a bribe of 400 DH.
  A gendarme in the clutches of the royal gendarmerie of Khémisset. He is accused of having demanded 400 DH to help a user cancel legal proceedings. The latter called the anti-corruption green number of the public prosecutor’s office to denounce the corrupt gendarme, reports the Arabic daily Al Akhbar.
  On the instructions of the public (…)

• Viral Video Prompts Morocco’s Health Ministry to Cover 8-Year-Old’s Medical Costs
  14 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  Relayed via a widely shared video on social networks, the story of a little girl has finally landed on the desk of the Minister of Health. The Department of Anas Doukkali announced that it wants to cover the hospitalization costs of the little girl. Her father, destitute, does not benefit from any social coverage.
  Taken care of by a pediatrician, the little girl was able to receive the first aid, indicates the Ministry, according to which, she was able to carry out the laboratory (…)

• Moroccan Police Fire Warning Shots to Arrest Intoxicated Suspects Near Rabat
  21 April 2019, by Said

  Shots were fired by the police in an attempt to arrest two individuals this Sunday morning in Khémisset, about 80 km from Rabat.
  The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) provides the details in a press release. Thus, two warning shots were fired in order to arrest two brothers, one of whom is known to the police. The latter "deliberately hit a police car and seriously endangered the police elements during their attempt to flee."
  "The two suspects, who were in an advanced (…)

• Magnitude 3.7 Earthquake Strikes Morocco’s Khémisset Province
  1 June 2020, by Bladi.net

  According to the National Institute of Geophysics (ING), Morocco recorded a new seismic shock on Sunday with a magnitude of 3.7 on the Richter scale in the province of Khémisset.
  The epicenter of this shock, which occurred at 12:11:12 p.m., was located in the commune of Ait Mimoune, said the National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network of the ING.
  According to the same source, the felt shock had a depth of 14 km, a latitude of 33.676°N and a longitude of 6.003°W.

• Moroccan Teacher Arrested for Wife’s Murder After Discovering Alleged Affair
  8 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  A 47-year-old teacher working in a school in the commune of Jemaat Hodrane in the province of Khemisset has murdered his wife, a 34-year-old seamstress, in front of her children in Tiflet. Arrested, he claims to have discovered erotic exchanges between his wife and another man on a social network.
  The arrest of the perpetrator of the crime took place at a checkpoint at the entrance of the city as he was trying to flee, reports Assabah. During his interrogation, he confessed. He recounts (…)

• Controversial Café in Moroccan Roundabout Sparks Public Outrage Despite Official Approval
  29 June 2024, by Sylvanus

  Despite the clarifications of the urban agency of Khémisset, the controversy is escalating around the construction of a two-story café in the middle of a roundabout in the commune of Sidi Allal Bahraoui.
  On Facebook, the Urban Agency of Khémisset has sought to "clarify the circumstances of the case and defend the legitimacy of the project". It thus affirmed that the project is "authorized" and that the owner of the café has a specific property certificate for the roundabout, registered in (…)

• Court Orders Private School to Release Student Documents Despite Unpaid Fees
  20 August 2020, by Sylvanus

  The court of first instance of Khemisset dismissed a private school that demanded from a parent the payment of tuition fees before issuing an administrative document.
  A parent asked the management of a private school located in Khemisset to issue a certificate of schooling and transfer for his two children, reports Al Massae. He was met with a categorical refusal from the said management, which demanded that he first pay 5,000 dirhams representing the tuition fees for the months of March, (…)

• Moroccan Court Sentences Three to 7 Years for Money Transfer Agency Robberies
  24 January, by Prince

  Seven years in prison. This is the sentence handed down by the Rabat Court of Appeal against each of the three members of a criminal network specializing in the robbery of money transfer agencies in several cities of the kingdom.
  The accused, around 25 years old, were convicted of robbing six money transfer agencies in Tamesna, Khémisset, Tétouan, Tikiouine and Agadir. Prosecuted for "forming a criminal gang and burglary of money transfer agencies," they each received seven years in (…)

• Controversy Erupts Over Unauthorized Café Construction in Moroccan Roundabout
  26 June 2024, by Sylvanus

  In Morocco, voices are being raised against the construction of a two-story café in the middle of a roundabout in the commune of Sidi Allal Bahraoui, in the province of Khémisset.
  On the web, many activists are criticizing the construction of this café in violation of the texts in force. They denounce the silence and complicity of the commune and the local authorities. They blame the urban agency of Khemisset for having given its approval to the project. They have a hard time (…)

• Moroccan Gendarmes Arrested in Anti-Corruption Sting Operation
  29 December 2024, by Said

  Two members of the Royal Gendarmerie were arrested on Friday in broad daylight in the province of Khémisset. They are accused of having received a bribe. One of them, a warrant officer, was caught in the act by a national team of the Royal Gendarmerie dispatched from Rabat.
  It was following a report to the toll-free number dedicated to corruption cases that the two men, serving in the Aït Ouribel area, were able to be caught in the act. A trap set by the person who filed the complaint (…)