On Friday, Saudi Arabia announced the death of one of its citizens in the city of Casablanca, Morocco, after he was subjected to “an assault by a group of people that led to his death.”
The Saudi embassy in Morocco said that it had received from the Moroccan authorities news of an attack on a Saudi citizen by a group of people that led to his death, after a fight between them, according to the embassy statement on Twitter.
# Statement | The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the sisterly Kingdom of Morocco received from the Moroccan competent authorities news of an attack on a Saudi citizen that led to his death by a group of persons pic.twitter.com/iWD8XMMyqs
— Embassy in Morocco (@KSAembassyMA) August 25, 2022
The embassy stated that it “followed up the details of the incident since it occurred with the competent Moroccan authorities,” revealing that the Saudi citizen was killed “by a group of security guards working in the hotel where he was staying in Casablanca.”
The crime took place in a Moroccan hotel, on Tuesday, and the murdered Saudi citizen claims, “Musa Mishahn Al-Anzi,” according to the website.24 . news The Saudi.
His uncle, Jadaan Muflih Al-Anzi, said that the dead man went to Morocco “accompanied by one of his friends who had cancer to receive treatment,” noting that the dead’s friends informed him of his death after a quarrel with a number of people.
The Saudi embassy in Morocco contacted the family of the murderer, and promised them to complete the procedures for transferring his body, according to the dead man’s uncle.
He called on the Moroccan authorities to “intensify investigations to uncover the circumstances of the murder and punish those involved,” according to the “Akhbar 24” website.
The case is still under investigation by the Moroccan Public Prosecution, after the arrest of the assailants, according to the Saudi Press Agency.was.
“Seven people” violently beat the Saudi citizen, causing his health condition to deteriorate until he died, according to the newspaper.Riyadh” Saudi Arabia.
The Moroccan security referred several people accused of the case, who are aware of the hotel establishment, to prison by order of the competent prosecution to determine the criminal acts attributed to them and put two of them in solitary confinement, according to the newspaper, “Al-Riyadh”.
The Saudi embassy confirmed that it “follows up with great interest with the competent authorities in Morocco the course of the case,” adding that it is fully confident in Moroccan justice.
The Saudi embassy is coordinating with the competent Moroccan authorities to transfer the dead body to the Kingdom after completing the necessary procedures, according to a SPA statement.