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• Moroccan Man Critically Burned in Self-Immolation Attempt Near Spanish Police Station
  15 February 2020, by Kamal

  A Moroccan national was seriously injured, his vital prognosis being engaged. He tried to immolate himself by fire, in front of a police station, in the town of Beniajan, 5 km from Murcia.
  Witnesses on the spot reported that the Moroccan had sprayed himself with a flammable liquid before setting his body on fire. The serious injuries caused by the burns had required his emergency transfer to the Murcia hospital.
  Despite the rapid intervention of the police services, who had managed to (…)

• Moroccan Man Arrested in Spain for Wife’s Murder, Children Discover Body
  1 September 2020, by Said

  Just a few hours after the discovery of the body of a woman of Moroccan origin at her home, the main suspect, who is none other than her husband, was arrested by the police.
  This macabre discovery was made by the couple’s two children, aged 14 and 10, reports the Spanish press. The police’s suspicions immediately targeted her partner, who had just been released from prison a few months earlier.
  The two children were at the beach in the afternoon and when they returned home, they found (…)

• Moroccan Man Arrested for Sexually Exploiting Migrant Farm Workers in Spain
  10 October 2020, by Kamal

  A Moroccan has just been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Murcia, for the assault of about twenty Moroccan seasonal workers in the strawberry fields. The man appeared in court on Monday for sexual assault, abuse, harassment and violation of workers’ rights.
  The Moroccan has operated in all the agricultural fields between Torre-Pacheco and La Palma, in Murcia. All his victims, young women in an irregular situation, had to submit to his desires in order to claim paid work at only 13 euros (…)

• Widow Calls for Justice After Alleged Racist Shooting of Moroccan Man in Spain
  16 June 2021, by Sylvanus

  A Spaniard shot Sunday, June 13, three bullets in the chest of Younès Blal, a 39-year-old Moroccan who succumbed to his injuries the next day. The victim’s widow testifies.
  "They didn’t know each other at all. They had never spoken and they had never argued. We didn’t know who this man was before Sunday, June 13," said Andrea, the victim’s widow, in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Español. She hopes the judge will send Carlos, 52, the alleged killer of her husband, to prison at (…)

• Moroccan Man Found Dead in Murcia Street, Knife Attack Suspected
  18 June 2023, by Said

  A man of Moroccan origin was found this morning lying in a pool of blood in Murcia, in southern Spain. Despite the rapid intervention of the emergency services, he succumbed to his knife wounds shortly after their arrival.
  Very early this Sunday morning, the emergency coordination center of the Murcia region received several calls from passers-by reporting the presence of the man, seriously injured and unconscious, reports EFE. Local and National Police units were quickly dispatched to (…)

• Moroccan Man Sought in Fatal Stabbing of Wife in Murcia, Spain
  31 August 2020, by Kamal

  A Moroccan national residing in Murcia, Spain, killed his wife before fleeing. The reasons for this act are currently unknown.
  On Saturday afternoon, a 41-year-old Moroccan woman was fatally stabbed by her husband while they were in their car in the Aguilas region. The victim succumbed to her injuries.
  The victim’s body, lying in a pool of blood, was later found by the police, who immediately launched a search for the husband.
  An investigation has been opened under the supervision of (…)