BENI MELLAL: Family members of a dozen young men suspected in the gang-rape, forcible tattooing and torture of a 17-year-old Moroccan girl allegedly held captive for two months have made a raucous noise outside the courtroom where an investigative judge held his first hearing in the case.
The girl, identified only as Khadija and dressed in black, with black gloves covering hand tattoos, sat quietly before being summoned on Thursday into the first hearing in the case, behind closed doors.
Twelve suspects were detained after Khadija was freed in mid-August. The case sparked a public outcry in a nation where violence against women is widespread but largely ignored.
About 20 family members of the suspects, some holding pictures of King Mohammed VI, harassed Khadija’s lawyer. The sister of one suspect collapsed outside the courthouse.
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Moroccan judge holds first hearing in case of captive girl
Moroccan judge holds first hearing in case of captive girl
- A 17-year-old Moroccan girl was allegedly held captive, forcibly tattooed, tortured and gang-raped
- The case sparked a public outcry in a nation where violence against women is widespread but largely ignored
Gaza civil defense says 5 killed in Israeli shelling of shelter
- Bassal told AFP that “five martyrs have been recovered as a result of the Israeli shelling
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Gaza’s civil defense agency said Israeli shelling on a school-turned-shelter killed five people on Friday, while the military said it had fired at “suspicious individuals.”
Spokesman for the agency, Mahmud Bassal, told AFP that “five martyrs have been recovered as a result of the Israeli shelling of the shelter at the Gaza Martyrs School,” in the Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City.
When asked by AFP, the Israeli military said that troops had “fired at the suspicious individuals to eliminate the threat,” adding that it was “aware of the claim regarding casualties in the area, and the details are under review.”
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