Tangier flooded textile unit : Owner in jail pending completion of investigation

The owner of the textile industrial unit in Tangier, where several people were killed on February 8, has been placed in prison pending the completion of the investigation procedures, a press release from the public prosecutor at the Tangier Court of First Instance announced on Wednesday.

«Following the investigation ordered by the Public Prosecutor's Office in order to shed light on the circumstances of the death of several people in a textile industrial unit on February 08 in Tangier, the Public Prosecutor's Office filed a petition to conduct an investigation against the owner of this unit, as well as all those involved in this incident, for homicide and unintentional injuries and violations of the Labor Code», the press release said.

After the preliminary interrogation, the examining magistrate decided to place the owner of this industrial unit in prison, pending the completion of the investigation procedures, said the public prosecutor.