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U.S. consulate in Casablanca closed after bombing
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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One woman passer-by was injured in the blasts, which happened near the US consulate and its cultural centre. (article 1)
The incident came four days after three people blew themselves up and a fourth was shot dead during a police raid on suspected militants in the city. (article 1)
Hours after the two men blew themselves up, police arrested the leader and deputy leader of a group behind the 11 March attack and the ones earlier this week, security sources and local media said. (article 1)
The two bombers - identified by police as brothers - blew themselves up in Boulevard Moulay Youssef in the city's central district. (article 1)
One of the two bombers asked a policeman for access to the American cultural centre and when questioned further the pair blew themselves up, security officials told the French news agency AFP. (article 1)
The BBC's Richard Hamilton in Rabat said Moroccan police have been searching for members of an alleged terrorist cell that was planning what they say was a massive bombing campaign against tourist resorts and foreign-owned ships. (article 1)
BBC Arab affairs analyst Magdi Abdelhadi says the recent foiled suicide attempts in Morocco, coupled with recent explosions in neighbouring Algiers have raised fears of a new surge of radical Islamist violence in North Africa. (article 1)
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Story keywords
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Casablanca, suicide, bombers, Algiers, consulate |
Source articles
- New suicide attacks hit Morocco (BBC News, 04/14/2007, 393 words)
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