Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that one of its citizens was killed in the Moroccan city of Casablanca after “an attack by a group of people that led to his death”.
According to the embassy’s statement on Twitter, the Saudi Embassy in Morocco announced that it received information from the Moroccan authorities that a Saudi citizen was attacked by a group of people, which led to his death, after a fight between them.
The US Embassy stated that “it has followed up the details of this incident since its occurrence with the competent authorities of Morocco” and revealed that “the Saudi citizen was killed by a group of security guards who were working at the hotel where he was staying in the city of Casablanca. “
According to the Saudi “Akhbar 24” news site, this crime took place on Tuesday in a hotel in Morocco, and the murdered Saudi citizen was named “Moussa Moshin Al-Anzi”.
“The dead man went to Morocco for treatment with one of his friends who was suffering from cancer,” said his uncle Jadan Muflih al-Anzi, noting that “the dead man’s friends reported his death after a fight with some people. People.”
The Saudi embassy in Morocco contacted the victim’s family and promised them to complete the transfer of his body, according to the deceased man’s uncle.
According to the “Akhbar 24” website, he asked the Moroccan authorities to “intensify the investigation to find out the circumstances of the murder and punish those involved.”
According to the Saudi Arabian news agency “SPA”, after the arrest of the attackers, the case is still under investigation by the Moroccan Public Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the Saudi newspaper “Riyadh”, “seven people” violently beat this Saudi citizen and worsened his health until his death.
According to this newspaper, the Moroccan security forces, who are aware of the hotel, introduced some of the defendants in the case to the prison on the order of Saleh’s prosecutor’s office, so that the criminal actions attributed to them could be determined and two of them were transferred to solitary confinement. Riyadh”.
The Saudi embassy confirmed that it is “following the process of this case with the competent authorities in Morocco with great interest” and added that it “has full confidence in Moroccan justice.”
According to the SPA statement, the Saudi Arabian Embassy is coordinating with the competent Moroccan authorities to transfer the body to the Kingdom once the necessary procedures are completed.
Source: Lebanon Debate
