The Moroccan national who allegedly stabbed to death two people and wounded 8 others on Friday in Turku, Finland «was known to the Finnish intelligence as a suspected extremism», Reuters said on Monday quoting the Finnish authorities. According to the same source, The Finnish intelligence service said in a communiqué that it was warned earlier this year about Abderrahman Mechkah, an 18-year-old Moroccan national who was living in an immigration center. «According to
A Moroccan national died after he was cut in the throat by a broken bottle in Sassuolo, an Italian town in the Province of Modena, Business Standard reports quoting local media. The man has lost a lot of blood and died before making it to the hospital late on Sunday according to the same source. «The man was believed to be around 35 years old and was attacked during an apparent brawl in a local square frequented by drug dealers» states Business standard. An investigation has been
A man was shot dead on Monday by the Catalan police in Subirats, a municipality in the comarca of Alt Penedès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain , during an operation carried out by the forces of order, four days after the attacks of Barcelona and Cambrils, says AFP. According to a source close to the investigation, it could be Younes Abouyaaqoub, suspected of being the driver of the van, author of the attack of Barcelona. The man wore «what looks like an explosive belt»,
The case of the young disabled Imane, who has been sexually assaulted in a bus in Casablanca has changed the public opinion stance. This Wednesday at 16:30 several activists will participate to a sit-in at Place Maréchal square in Casablanca to show support for the victim. The 24-year-old girl's story has moved internet users in Morocco and resulted in a wave of rage which has been reported on social media. Mdina Bus quickly responded to the incident indicating that an investigation
The transportation company Mdina Bus issued a press release today in response to the sexual assault that took place on one of its buses. The public transport company of Greater Casablanca «strongly denounces the aggression of a girl in a bus by a group of young delinquents». Mdina Bus officials set up an emergency task force to «verify the facts and locate them, as the video does not indicate the place or date of the events». An investigation is being carried out
The investigation into the attacks in Catalonia seems to continue in Morocco, the country of origin of almost all the people involved in the attacks of Barcelona and Cambrils. According to the El Espaid newspaper, which cites sources of counter-terrorism services, the Moroccan police interrogated a person for their alleged links with the members of the terrorist cell from Ripoll (province of Girona). More specifically, the investigation focuses on contacts that person had with the city's
A terrifying video has been widely relayed on social media since yesterday, Sunday. A young girl was seen to be sexually assaulted by a group of minors. The video is unbearable and resulted in a high amount of reactions on social media, illustrating the indignation of the general public. According to a source reported by 2M.ma online newspaper, four people implicated in the assault were arrested this morning. A fifth individual was also identified. The author of the video, named Hamza claimed
King Salman has spent $100 million during his annual holiday spent in Tangier, Morocco, the Independent reported. The Saudi sovereign was greeted by Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani in July on his arrival to Tangier airport. Like every year, King Salman headed to his 74-acre summer palace in the northern city accompanied with 1,000 people from his entourage, as reported by Haaretz newspaper. «Ministers, advisers and relatives were booked in to the city's most luxurious
The Moroccan teenager responsible for the terror attack in Turku, Finland has been named by the Finnish police according to the Daily Mail. The alleged assailant who has been shot in the hip by the police after stabbing two people to death and injuring eight others on Friday, is an asylum-seeker called Abderrahman Mechkah. The 18-year-old suspect's photos were displayed on the Scandinavian media during the weekend. According to the same source, Mechkah arrived to Finland last year. He was
The recent attacks in Catalonia have already shown their perverse effect : after the acts of vandalism against the consulate of Morocco and the mosque of Tarragona, a young man of Moroccan origin was the victim on Friday 18th of August in Puerto de Sagunto (province of Valencia), of a physical and verbal assault, according to the online newspaper Diario Información. A. F., 14, was surfing the Internet on his phone with a friend when an Audi A3 car stopped next to them. «Get out of
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