Morocco: 77-year-old Man Victim of Alleged Honor Killing

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Saturday 1 November 2014 - 12:10

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Rabat- According to the Moroccan Daily Al Akhbar in its weekend edition, a 77-year-old Moroccan man was allegedly murdered in the city of Kemisset, 40 from Rabat after being suspected of having sexual relations out of wedlock.

Six people from the same family were involved in the murder of the 77-year-old man last week. The discovery of the victim’s body in the Douar Ait Hamou Ousaid, the rural town of Ait Yadin, astonished the people of the Douar, who wondered about the motives behind this murder. A preliminary police investigation has revealed the motive that caused the tragedy.

According to the same source, the victim allegedly had illegitimate sexual intercourse with the mother of the murderer. The killer, a 40-year-old man and a soldier by profession, planned the crime. He snuck up to the victim in the dark and surprised him. He strangled with his bare hands and twisted his neck. He then wrapped the corpse in a plastic bag and deposited it near the crime scene. Police dogs helped locate the killer, the same sourced added.

The defendant confessed his crime after the authorities arrested his mother, his wife, his sister, and his two brothers. They were all presented to the Court of Appeal on Thursday.

But the trouble of the family did not stop there. The next day, after the arrest of the alleged murderer, his brother-in-law committed suicide with two bullets from his hunting rifle. The mystery surrounding the suicide has not yet been solved, according to the same source.

Edited by Timothy Filla