An atrocious crime shook the city of Casablanca on the evening of Saturday July 29, as a young doctoral student, 23 years of age, who was preparing to leave to pursue his studies abroad, was brutally murdered.
After a cabal of several days, the alleged murderer, identified by surveillance cameras, was apprehended in the town of Laâyoune.
According to several eyewitness accounts, including that of one of the victim’s cousins contacted by Hespress, the tragedy took place in the parking lot of a well-known fast-food chain in Ain Diab, where the victim, Badr, a young doctoral researcher at Mohammedia’s Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), had gone to dinner in the company of two cousins and a friend.
The murder occurred after an initial verbal argument when the young man’s group tried to defend a passer-by from the persistent harassment of the alleged murderer and his companions, he stated, noting that the altercation was quickly contained after the intervention of restaurant customers, but the alleged murderer’s anger did not subside.
As the victim left the restaurant, the alleged killer and his friends followed him, pulling out prohibited defensive weapons used to deliver a violent blow to Badr’s head, leaving him unconscious.
Subsequently, our source continues, his presumed killer would have taken his Audi Q8 car, from which he had removed the license plates, then deliberately run over the victim twice before fleeing, along with his friends.
The victim’s cousin also reported that a young girl witness came to the morgue to inform the family of what had happened. She claimed to know the alleged killer’s name and where he lived, even claiming to possess a video documenting the murder.
However, the family was unable to contact the girl again, as she mysteriously disappeared after her statement, and her phone is currently switched off.
Actively sought by the relevant services, the presumed killer was finally arrested on Monday in the town of Laâyoune, where he had taken “refuge”.
However, close collaboration between the Casablanca prefectural criminal investigation department and its counterpart in Laâyoune, and on the basis of precise information provided by the Direction Générale de la Surveillance du Territoire (DGST), enabled the suspect to be identified, located and arrested.
Searches and investigations carried out by the judicial police, supported by forensic and technical police technicians, initially made it possible to locate and seize the car used in the crime.
The main suspect was apprehended in the company of his brother-in-law, suspected of participation, complicity and concealment.
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