2007 Casablanca bombings

2007 Casablanca bombings

The 2007 Casablanca bombings refer to a series of suicide bombings in March and April 2007 in Casablanca, Morocco.

March bombing

March 11

Infobox terrorist attack
title=2007 Casablanca bombing


caption=
location=Casablanca, Morocco
target=Internet cafe
date=March 11, 2007
time-begin=
time-end=
timezone=
type=suicide attack
fatalities=1
injuries=4
perps=Unknown [Under investigation] There 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.

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) [http://www.leconomiste.com/online/online.html?d=371 "Explosion à Casablanca: Les terroristes identifiés"] - "L'Economiste" fr icon] 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)escaped with an eye injury and left for a nearby hospital, where he was captured later by the authorities.

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." [ [http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box1/casablanca_blast_was/view "Casablanca blast was accidental"] - "Maghreb Arab Press" fr icon]

According to "Assabah" newspaper the real target had been Casablanca's police and paramilitary headquarters as well as some tourist sites.

April bombings

April 10

A major security operation against suspected Islamist militants (following the March bombing) resulted in three suspected suicide bombers blowing themselves up and a fourth was shot dead by police as he tried to detonate his device. One police officer died in one of the explosions. [BBC NEWS, "Dramatic day of Moroccan attacks", April 10, 2007, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6543423.stm] ] One of the three suspected militants who blew themselves up during a police raid in Morocco is the brother of an internet cafe bomber, officials say. [BBC NEWS, "Morocco 'bomber brother' killed", April 11, 2007, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6544163.stm] ]

April 14

An additional two suicide bombers have blown themselves up in the Moroccan city of Casablanca on April 14. One woman passer-by was injured in the blasts, which happened near the US consulate and its cultural centre. [BBC NEWS, "New suicide attacks hit Morocco", April 14, 2007, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6555177.stm] ]

ee also

* 2003 Casablanca bombings

External links

* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6475963,00.html "Man Blows Himself Up in Internet Cafe"] - "The Guardian"
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/13/AR2007031300490.html "Bombers had targeted Casablanca landmarks: papers"] - "Washington Post"

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