Moroccans outraged at suspected ‘murder cover-up’ of 21 year old, Amine Chariz

A young Moroccan man, Amine Chariz, was pronounced dead on Tuesday morning, after having suffered “fatal and serious injuries to the head.”

In true Thami Bennani fashion, the deceased’s mother was told her son committed suicide by throwing himself from a moving car.

Stories surrounding the 21-year old’s death have since varied. Amine’s mother and sister attest to him having been out with a group of friends on Saturday, February 5.

According to witnesses, the young man was involved in a fight that turned ugly, that same night, which ended with Amine being severely injured and transferred to the Hassan II hospital for urgent care. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit shortly, after having fallen into a coma.

21Since then, many Agadir residents have come forward to support this version of facts. Amine’s friends started Instagram and Facebook pages under the name “Justice For Amine Chariz,” and made the hashtag barring his name viral across multiple platforms.

The social media campaign revealed additional gruesome and disturbing details surrounding Amine’s death.

Multiple testimonials from individuals present on the scene and from within the group of friends involved in the fight revealed that an unnamed young man “repeatedly hit Chariz on the head with a baseball bat.”

A cerebral internal bleeding and severe fractures to Amine’s skull supported the witnesses’ story. The deceased’s sister also stated in a video interview widely shared on social media that “Amine only had head injuries and lacerations, which contradicts/ the suicide story,” since if he had jumped from a moving car or been in a car accident, he would have sustained other injuries or bruises throughout his body.

And just when this tragic incident couldn’t get more shocking, audio recordings have since emerged, where young men discuss “the version of facts they should stick to” if authorities happen to interrogate them.

Male voices in the audio recordings talked about concealing evidence of a routine police pullover that night, where one of the young men is heard saying that his father “ will take care of it.”

Multiple sources have confirmed that the perpetrator is the son of a “very successful and powerful Jordanian businessman in Agadir.”

The King’s prosecutor at the Court of First Instance in Agadir ordered the opening of an investigation that will “clarify the ins and outs of this case,” according to relatives and friends of the deceased who shared the information on social media.

Amine’s family stated they are “happy and content with the way authorities have handled the case so far.”

According to reliable Hespress FR sources in Agadir, the young man, preliminary investigations have already led to the arrest of five individuals, four boys and one girl, who have all been placed in custody for their suspected involvement in the case.

“So far, neither the hypothesis of murder nor that of a traffic accident has been confirmed. An autopsy is underway and its results will clarify the cause of death,” says the same source.

This case is igniting a considerable amount of sympathy in Morocco, with many citizens pushing for justice to be served, “to avoid repeating the tragic lack of closure recently exposed in the Thami Bennani case.”

Indeed, the case is eerily similar to the Thami Bennani case, who disappeared in 2007 after being seen with a group of friends prior to a birthday celebration. Thammi’s mother was told her son died from a cocaine overdose and was presumed dead despite the absence of a body.

And now, yet another Moroccan mother undergoes the painful quest of trying to figure out what happened to her dead son, in the midst of her mourning.