The Spanish Ministry of the Interior has validated the extradition of Driss Oukabir, sentenced to 36 years in prison for the terrorist attacks of August 17, 2017 in Catalonia, so that he can serve the rest of his sentence in a Moroccan prison.
The "Dans les yeux d’Olivier" show broadcast on France 2 on February 13 welcomed Mostafa, the taxi driver taken hostage in 2018 by a terrorist. Five years after this kidnapping that could have turned into a tragedy, the man of Moroccan origin still bears the scars.
Moroccan Ibrahim Farisi, one of the two accused appearing free at the trial of the March 22, 2016 attacks, made a new spectacular move by disrupting the proceedings during Tuesday’s hearing. The president of the assize court ordered his evacuation from the courtroom.
Each day brings its share of denunciations at the trial of the Brussels attacks. After Mohamed Abrini accusing the police of inappropriate searches, it is Salah Abdeslam’s turn to denounce police violence during his transfer from the Haren prison.
The attack carried out on December 23 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, which left three dead and several injured, continues to provoke reactions. After the Democratic Kurdish Council in France (CDKF), which organized a white march, it is the turn of the mosques in the Rhône to call on the State to seriously address the problem of "violent extremism".
Even though they are trying at all costs to turn the page, to write a new story, far from radicalism, the people of Molenbeek remember the Brussels attacks as if it were yesterday, which left 32 dead (excluding suicide bombers) and 340 injured.
Istanbul was the target of a deadly attack on Sunday, November 13, 2022, which killed at least six people and injured 81. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in coordination with the Moroccan Consulate General, has set up a crisis unit to monitor the situation of Moroccans on the spot.
A few days before the start of the trial of the Brussels attacks, the Belgian authorities have transferred Mohamed Abrini to the prison of Leuze-en-Hainaut. It would be a security issue.
After protesting on Monday against the configuration of the boxes, the accused in the Brussels attacks and their lawyers have prevailed. The President of the Court ordered the dismantling of the boxes and their replacement by others less disturbing for the defense.
While the victims of the Brussels attacks were eagerly awaiting the opening of the trial, the accused including Salah Abdeslam and Mohamed Abrini, supported by their lawyers, have decided not to appear, citing reasons deemed "grotesque" by the victims.
A few days before the start of the trial of the Nice attack that took place on July 14, 2016 on the Promenade des Anglais and which cost the lives of 86 people, including Muslims, Latifa Charrihi, the first daughter of the victim of this attack is torn between different emotions. She hopes that at the end of this trial, life will resume its course and that with her brothers and sisters, they will finally be able to start their mourning.
Morocco has extradited Golan Avitan, 54, a suspected member of the famous Abergil criminal family who fled Israel four years ago. He would be involved in a 2003 bomb attack that killed three people.