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
8 people were injured on Saturday when a man stabbed the crowds in Surgut, a city in Khanty-Mansi autonomous Okrug, Russia, reports Reuters. The man was shot dead by the police while the attack was described a an «attempted murder» by the Russian law enforcement. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility over the stabbing through a statement published on AMAQ news agency. The wounded were hospitalized, two of them are in a critical condition. According to the BBC, Russia's
Four other suspects who are believed to be Moroccans were arrested in Finland after the deadly attack that took place yesterday in down town Turku. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports today quoting the Finnish police. An arrest warrant has also been issued against a fifth Moroccan suspect. The assailant who's identified has been revealed earlier today, is hospitalized and in a critical condition. The 18-year-old alleged terrorist was shot by the police in the hip after killing two people
After more than 20 years in France, Moroccan Abderrahim Iaich has decided to return to his homeland to make his people discover and enjoy cheese. Portrait.
Yesterday in Turku, Finland, several people were stabbed by a man who was later identified as an 18-year-old Moroccan. After being shot in the leg by the police, the alleged assailant was arrested. An investigation was then opened by the Finnish authorities and five people were arrested, reports LCI quoting the Twitter account of the Finnish police. The alleged perpetrator of the stabbing is believed to be , according to the same source, an 18-year-old Moroccan man. Finland now speaks of a
A crew of a British ship named MV Cheshire and owned by Bibby Line Limited, was rescued by helicopters 45 miles south of Gran Canaria, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, off northwestern Africa, the Dailymail reports. According to a communiqué issued by the company earlier this week, «the vessel is loaded with a full cargo of ammonium nitrate based fertiliser and is on passage from Norway to Thailand to discharge». According to the same source MV Cheshire