Murder of Hassan Shimi : Two suspects held in prison

The two suspects that were directly involved in the murder of Hassan Shimi were detained yesterday in Sale’s local prison, MAP reports.

The defendants will be prosecuted for «homicide and robbery». During the reconstruction of the crime scene on Saturday in Oued Eddahab neighborhood, security forces brought two suspects that are allegedly involved in the murder.

For the record, Shimi was found murdered Wednesday evening at his home in Temara. Immediately informed, elements of the judicial and scientific police went to the scene to investigate and clarify the circumstances of the murder. As a result, the police stopped on Thursday evening in Temara five suspects two of whom are directly involved in Shimi’s murder.

In a statement issued by the General Directorate for National Security, the defendants directly involved in the murder were arrested in Meknes and Sidi Kacem after having determined their identity on the basis of the analysis of the fingerprints and biological and material evidence at the crime scene, adding that personal objects stolen from the victim’s home were found in their possession.