Liège Community Rallies to Support Family After Tragic Loss of Three Children in Morocco Accident

While staying in Morocco, the six members of the Boujamaoui family were struck by a tragedy. On July 20, the parents lost three of their four children in a road accident during an excursion to the Fint oasis. A black day, as seven people from the family died that day. The Liège father, mother and eldest daughter did not participate in the outing.

Informed, the authorities of the city of Ans and the residents mobilized to support the family and prepare their return, reports La Meuse. In this sense, a new home has been prepared for them, in collaboration with the Société de logements du Plateau and the Agence immobilière sociale. "It is located in the Lonay district and no longer in Al Trappe in Alleur where the family was previously housed," said Walther Herben, an Ans alderman, mayor at the time of the tragedy, adding "which is voluntary to avoid them plunging directly back into the same environment."

The new house is the fruit of the solidarity and generosity of the inhabitants of the city, saddened by the news, emphasizes the newspaper. "It was repainted by a whole series of people who mobilized, particularly within the Moroccan community surrounding the Ans mosque, but also other volunteers who responded to the call. The house is almost furnished too, because we received quite a few donations... They will thus be able to start over completely from scratch, if they wish, or gradually regain their former home. We will let them make their decision upon their return," detailed the official.

Regarding their return, the alderman explained that it "was supposed to take place in the first week of August but, for the time being, they are still in Morocco, adding that "they still apparently have procedures and other administrative formalities to settle there."