The demonstrations that demanded yesterday in different parts of Morocco, King Mohamed VI reforms have resulted in 5 deaths and at least 128 injured, according to official figures that have made this day of protest on the Moroccan Interior Minister, Taib Cherkaoui. The most serious incidents occurred in Al Hoceima, capital of the province of the Rif, northern Morocco.
The riots that shook all day that city have left five dead, still unidentified, and many injured. As he explained the minister, the deaths occurred during the assault and burning of a bank by the protesters. The charred bodies of victims were found inside "of a bank branch on fire by the provocateurs." The head of Moroccan Interior explained that the demonstrations took place yesterday in 57 provinces, representing practically the entire country, but they "only 37,300 people participated." In the protests, there were 128 injured, 115 of whom are police officers.
In addition, security forces conducted 120 arrests, according to figures from the minister. The clashes between the "hooligans", many of them children, and law enforcement took place in Tangiers, Larache, Marrakech, Al Hoceima, Sefrou (center), Tetouan and Guelmim (south). Larache protesters burned the gendarmerie and the customs building stole the alcohol and drugs seized.
The demonstrations in Rabat and Casablanca, the two largest cities, passed without incident. In total, 33 were burned down or attacked public buildings, 24 bank branches, 50 commercial and private buildings and 66 vehicles, according to data provided by Interior. Despite the unrest, Cherkaoui has stressed that the demonstrations took place "in a peaceful atmosphere filled with serenity and discipline", which issued the "climate of freedom, a healthy democratic practice and the right to freedom of expression in Morocco .
New clashes in the Rif Parallel to the words of the minister, there have been further violence in the Rif. This morning would resume protests and clashes with security forces in northern Iraq. In addition to Al Hoceima, clashes occurred in Bouayach and Imzourne Ait. The day of protest yesterday in Morocco, dubbed the Day of Dignity, was organized by young people in Facebook, but had the support of several human rights NGOs, small leftist parties, on the basis of some unions and the youth of the Islamist movement Justice and Spirituality, illegal, but has some tolerance and has a great capacity for mobilization.
In Morocco there are often many years, social protests, but we must go back to the days of King Hassan II, who died in 1999, to remember a very highly political mobilization and coordinated between at least two dozen cities. 
The riots that shook all day that city have left five dead, still unidentified, and many injured. As he explained the minister, the deaths occurred during the assault and burning of a bank by the protesters. The charred bodies of victims were found inside "of a bank branch on fire by the provocateurs." The head of Moroccan Interior explained that the demonstrations took place yesterday in 57 provinces, representing practically the entire country, but they "only 37,300 people participated." In the protests, there were 128 injured, 115 of whom are police officers.
In addition, security forces conducted 120 arrests, according to figures from the minister. The clashes between the "hooligans", many of them children, and law enforcement took place in Tangiers, Larache, Marrakech, Al Hoceima, Sefrou (center), Tetouan and Guelmim (south). Larache protesters burned the gendarmerie and the customs building stole the alcohol and drugs seized.
The demonstrations in Rabat and Casablanca, the two largest cities, passed without incident. In total, 33 were burned down or attacked public buildings, 24 bank branches, 50 commercial and private buildings and 66 vehicles, according to data provided by Interior. Despite the unrest, Cherkaoui has stressed that the demonstrations took place "in a peaceful atmosphere filled with serenity and discipline", which issued the "climate of freedom, a healthy democratic practice and the right to freedom of expression in Morocco .
New clashes in the Rif Parallel to the words of the minister, there have been further violence in the Rif. This morning would resume protests and clashes with security forces in northern Iraq. In addition to Al Hoceima, clashes occurred in Bouayach and Imzourne Ait. The day of protest yesterday in Morocco, dubbed the Day of Dignity, was organized by young people in Facebook, but had the support of several human rights NGOs, small leftist parties, on the basis of some unions and the youth of the Islamist movement Justice and Spirituality, illegal, but has some tolerance and has a great capacity for mobilization.
In Morocco there are often many years, social protests, but we must go back to the days of King Hassan II, who died in 1999, to remember a very highly political mobilization and coordinated between at least two dozen cities.
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