Tragic Killing in Morocco: Alcoholic Father Slays Son with Sickle in Beni Mellal

Alcohol finally got the better of a family man. Accustomed to drinking all day long, without seeking appropriate treatment to get rid of it, this hardened alcoholic, in addition to spending many years in prison, will no longer have a relative to take care of him in his old age. Drunk to the point of unconsciousness, he murdered, with his own hands, with a sickle, the only one who cared about his reputation.

Calm, this family man, neither violent nor aggressive, according to the testimony of his neighbors, was telling incredible stories at noon to the children of the region, who mocked his life as an alcoholic. That was enough to irritate his 28-year-old son. Noticing his father’s presence on the terrace, he invited him to come down and go home.

Tired of hearing the same remarks from his son, he opposed it to continue insulting. In this deaf dialogue, the tension rose a notch. Angry, the family man grabbed a sickle and struck his son in the thigh. The only ambulance in the region being unavailable, he lost a lot of blood before being evacuated from the douar two hours later by a young man in his vehicle. He died upon arrival at the hospital.