WhatsApp used for a deadly ambush in Morocco

The case was solved thanks to the confession of an accomplice. A driver, a member of the group, presented himself to the gendarmerie of Oum Azza to report the crime, allowing the investigators to locate the body during the night from Monday to Tuesday. The law enforcement officers proceeded to arrest three individuals, including the owner of the house where the tragedy took place. The Settat prosecutor’s office immediately ordered an autopsy.

This settling of scores originated from an unfortunate association that began a year earlier. The fqih, who came from Taroudant, had convinced two men of the existence of a buried treasure. After months of fruitless work under a plastic tarpaulin, he had persuaded the owner of the premises to finance the purchase of substances supposed to neutralize the guardian spirits of the site. Once the sum of 100,000 dirhams was collected, he had vanished.

Feeling aggrieved, the owner set a trap to bring the swindler back. He had a picture showing a small jar transmitted via his neighbor’s phone, claiming to have finally hit the jackpot. Lured by this false clue, the fqih returned to the scene where he was shot, victim of the anger of his former partner who buried him on the spot to conceal the evidence.