2007 Casablanca bombing
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| 2007 Casablanca bombing | |
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| Location | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Target(s) | Internet cafe |
| Date | March 11, 2007 |
| Attack Type | suicide attack |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Injuries | 4 |
| Perpetrator(s) | Unknown[1] |
The 2007 Casablanca bombing was a suicide bombing on March 11, 2007, in Casablanca, Morocco. The attack occurred 3 years after the 2004 Madrid train bombings that targeted the Spanish capital Madrid. The suicide bombers came from the shanty towns of Sidi Moumen, a poor suburb of Casablanca.
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[edit] The bombing
The bombing occurred at 22 hours local time inside an internet cafe. Two men were trying to log into an extremist Islamist website before the owner asked them not to. The two men refused and shortly after, the owner closed the door and threatened to call the police. The bombers asked the owner to open the door and to let them go but he refused. One of the two individuals, Abdelfattah Raydi (23 years old)[2] who carried an explosive load dissimulated under his clothing detonated the bomb which killed him and injured his companion and three others including the owner. The companion, identified later as Youssef Khoudri (18 years old)[2]escaped and left for a nearby hospital where he was captured later by the authorities with an eye injury.
[edit] The real targets
The Director of General Affairs of the Grand Casablanca, Mokhtar Bekkali Kacemi declared to the media that the bombers "were probably getting ready to commit a criminal act...they wanted to receive instructions via Internet to execute their attacks elsewhere."[3]
According to Assabah newspaper the real target had been Casablanca's police and paramilitary headquarters as well as some tourist sites.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Man Blows Himself Up in Internet Cafe - The Guardian
- Bombers had targeted Casablanca landmarks: papers - Washington Post
[edit] References and notes
- ^ Under investigation
- ^ a b Explosion à Casablanca: Les terroristes identifiés - L'Economiste (French)
- ^ Casablanca blast was accidental - Maghreb Arab Press (French)
