Two killed in 'storming' of police station in Morocco: state media

Violent protests roil the north African nation

Last updated: October 02, 2025 | 05:26

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A member of Morocco's security forces disperses protesters during a youth-led demonstration for social justice and demanding improvements in the public health and education sectors, in front of the parliament building in Rabat, on September 28, 2025.

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Two people were killed when officers opened fire on a group of people attempting to "storm" a police station in Morocco on Wednesday, state media said, as violent protests roil the north African nation.

Police in Lqliaa, near the coastal city of Agadir, "were forced to use their service weapons, in legitimate self-defence, to repel an attack and a storming... on (police) premises", the government-owned MAP news agency reported, citing local officials.

"During this attack, two people died from gunshot wounds," MAP reported the officials as saying.

A protester lifts a placard (R) bearing a depiction of Moroccan Microsoft engineer Ibtihal Abu Al-Saad after a widespread social media video showed her protesting the US company's reported supply of AI technology to Israel in its ongoing war in Gaza, during a national march in support of Palestinians and against Morocco's normalisation of ties with Israel, in the capital Rabat on April 6, 2025.

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