Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Five dead and more than a hundred injured in the protests in Morocco

Five charred bodies were found in a bank branch in the city of Al Hoceima, following a protest Sunday, "Day of Dignity", developed in an area of 57 wilaya (province), most of the country, according to official figures made released today at a press conference by the Moroccan Interior Minister, Taieb Cherkaoui, showing "the freedom of expression" in the Alawite kingdom.

The demonstrations at the request of higher levels of democracy resulted in 128 injured, of which 115 belong to the Moroccan security forces during the day yesterday, arrested 120 demonstrators who were brought to justice. The data put forward by the interior minister quantified in which 37,000 people demonstrated in an area equivalent to 53 wilayas (provinces), which, in his opinion, shows "freedom of expression in the country and the democratic way of life politics.

" Most of the demonstrations, according to their data, were developed in a peaceful manner, "although there were some deviations," he said in reference to various acts of savagery pepetrados by "criminals." There were fires and attacks on private buildings, 33 public institutions, 24 bank offices, 50 shops, 66 vehicles and 2 motorcycles, said in their relationship.

The cities of Tangier, Tetouan, Marrakesh, Larache, Sefrou Guelmin and recorded these acts of barbarism and was in Al Hoceima where they found five charred bodies in a bank. Larache, the minister said Cherkaoui, "vandals took the customs headquarters, where they seized alcohol and drugs that had been inacuatadas by law enforcement." At 18.30 he was scheduled to hold a rally outside Parliament, but it is unclear if it is finally carried out by the retaliation of the security forces.

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