2011年4月29日星期五

Number of deaths in the attack of the Morocco rises to 16 - Atlanta Journal Constitution

By HASSAN ALAOUI
The Associated Press

MARRAKECH, Morocco - the State of the Morocco news agency says the number of people killed in a terrorist attack in a coffee shop for Marrakesh tourism has increased to 16.

A crowd gathers outside a cafe in Marrakech. Morocco. Thursday, April 28, 2011. An explosion hit the cafe popular with foreign tourists in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, leaving several dead Thursday and wounded, said the news agency. (AP Photo/Amaguedes)
A man goes through debris after an explosion ripped through a cafe popular with foreign tourists in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, Thursday, April 28, 2011 who have killed and injured people in what the Government calls an alleged criminal act. If confirmed that terrorism, the explosion in the iconic Djemma el - Fna square would be the deadliest bombing in eight years Morocco. (AP Photo/Tarik Najmaoui)
A crowd gathers outside a cafe in Marrakech. Morocco. Thursday, April 28, 2011. An explosion hit the cafe popular with foreign tourists in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, leaving several dead Thursday and wounded, said the news agency. (AP Photo/Amaguedes)
EDS NOTE graphic content - a victim is located in the debris of an explosion which ripped through a cafe popular with foreign tourists in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, Morocco, Thursday, 28 April 2011 killing and wounding people in what the Government called an alleged criminal act. If confirmed that terrorism, the explosion in the iconic Djemma el - Fna square would be the deadliest bombing in eight years Morocco. (AP Photo/Tarik Najmaoui)

The MAP agency said two people died of injuries, hospital, bringing the number of dead from 14 to 16. At least 20 were wounded.

The head of the hospital emergency room Marrakech main Tofail said Associated Press that one of the wounded died in hospital and another en route in an ambulance.

At least 11 of the victims were foreigners. The Israeli consul in Shanghai, said Friday that two were a couple of Jew who lived in Shanghai.

Blocked police barriers coffee after the Thursday bombing, deadly attack of the Morocco in eight years. He struck one of the main attractions in a country heavily dependent on tourism.

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April 29, 2011 03 h 46 am EDT

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