2011 Marrakesh bombing

Terrorist attack in Marrakesh November 2022 August 2024 2011 Marrakesh bombing Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Marrakech Bombing Site Late in the Day.jpg 280px Djemaa el Fna on the day after the bombing French intervention in the Middle East Cafe Argana, Jemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakesh, Morocco Foreign tourists in Morocco 31.6265 -7.9889 type:event_region:MA it 28 April 2011 11:50 a.m. UTC+1 Domestic terrorism, bombing, mass murder 17 25 AQMI_Flag_asymmetric.svg Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (alleged, denied involvement) Two remote-detonated TATP pressure cooker nail bombs Adil El-Atmani French intervention in the Middle East The 2011 Marrakesh bombing was a domestic terrorist bombing of the Argana Cafe in Jemaa el-Fnaa, Marrakesh, Morocco, on April 28, 2011.2011-05-08 Alors qu'Al Qaïda menace de venger Ben Laden: Attentat de Marrakech : sur les traces d'éventuelles ramifications https://albayane.press.ma/alors-qual-qaida-menace-de-venger-ben-laden-attentat-de-marrakechn-sur-les-traces-deventuelles-ramifications.html 2022-11-29 ALBAYANE fr-FR A lone terrorist, Adil El-Atmani, planted two homemade pressure cooker bombs hidden inside of a backpack at the cafe and detonated them at 11:50 a.m., killing 17 and injuring 25.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13229938 Marrakesh blast: 'It was a scene of carnage' 28 April 2011 BBC NewsJay Martin 9 May 2011 Pressure on Moroccan government spikes over bombing CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/05/09/morocco.bombing.probe/ 2 August 2011 December 24, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181224074208/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/05/09/morocco.bombing.probe/ dead Many of the dead were tourists, including a group of French students.2011-04-29 Morocco investigates deadly Marrakesh blast https://www.france24.com/en/20110429-morocco-police-investigates-deadly-marrakesh-blast-terrorist-attack 2022-02-18 France 24 enhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/04/2011428112155783843.html Deadly blast devastates Marrakesh cafe – Africa Al Jazeera English 28 April 2011 2 August 2011 El-Atmani, a 25 year-old shoe salesman, pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, who denied involvement in the attack.Oberlé Thierry 2011-05-06 L'incroyable histoire du terroriste de Marrakech https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2011/05/06/01003-20110506ARTFIG00667-l-incroyable-histoire-du-terroriste-de-marrakech.php 2022-11-30 Le Figaro fr2011-05-08 Attentat de Marrakech : Aqmi nie toute responsabilité https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20110508-attentat-marrakech-aqmi-nie-toute-responsabilite 2022-11-30 RFI fr He was arrested six days later after a SIM card registered under his name was found in what remained of the bomb.2011-09-23 Le principal suspect de l'attentat de Marrakech revient sur ses aveux https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20110923-maroc-proces-terrorisme-marrakech 2022-11-30 RFI fr During questioning, he said that he learned bomb-making on the Internet.2011-10-29 الحكم بإعدام عادل العثماني المتهم بتفجير مقهى أركانة في المغرب https://elaph.com/Web/news/2011/10/692349.html 2022-11-30 Elaph - إيلاف ar A letter to the French government found on his laptop ordered the withdrawal of French troops in the Middle East, threatening to "attack targets in the heart of France" if his order was not fulfilled within the twenty days following the attack.ADDAM Rida Attentat de Marrakech : l'ordinateur d'Al Otmani a livré ses secrets : La France et les Français, cibles privilégiées des terroristes https://www.libe.ma/Attentat-de-Marrakech-l-ordinateur-d-Al-Otmani-a-livre-ses-secrets-La-France-et-les-Francais-cibles-privilegiees-des_a19216.html 2022-11-30 Libération fr November 30, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221130030515/https://www.libe.ma/Attentat-de-Marrakech-l-ordinateur-d-Al-Otmani-a-livre-ses-secrets-La-France-et-les-Francais-cibles-privilegiees-des_a19216.html dead Adil El-Atmani was sentenced to death for the attack by an anti-terrorism court in Salé.Miadi Fadwa 2011-10-30 Café Argana - La peine capitale de retour au Maroc https://www.lecourrierdelatlas.com/no-data-cafe-argana-la-peine-capitale-de-retour-au-maroc-1096/ 2022-11-30 Le Courrier de l’Atlas fr-FR He is awaiting execution at Moul El Bergui central prison in Safi.2017-03-21 عادل العثماني المتورط في تفجير مقهى "أركانة" يحاول قتل سجين داخل زنزانته أثناء نومه https://www.cawalisse.com/59926.html 2022-11-30 Cawalisse كواليس اليوم ar He was put in solitary confinement in 2017 after attempting to kill his cellmate. Casualties Seventeen people were killed, of which fourteen died on the site, while three more succumbed to their injuries the next day. Twenty-five people were injured, four seriously, including Russian computer hacker Roman Seleznev, a portion of whose skull was blown off.Seattle Associated Press in 2015-10-08 Russian MP allegedly plotted with imprisoned son to escape US custody http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/08/russia-mp-valery-seleznev-plotted-son-escape-us-custody 2022-02-18 the Guardian en The casualties were eight French nationals, including a ten-year-old girl,Morocco bombing will not go unpunished: France (AFP) an Israeli-Canadian woman and her Moroccan husband,https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pregnant-canadian-husband-killed-in-morocco-blast-1.1011356 Pregnant Canadian, husband killed in Morocco blast CBC Canada 29 April 2011 2 August 2011 another Moroccan citizen,http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4062142,00.html Israeli woman, husband killed in Morocco bombing Ynetnews Ynetnews.com 20 June 1995 2 August 2011 Anteby Roi a British man,http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/48448/moroccan-ambassador-writes-sorrow-over-peter-moss-death https://web.archive.org/web/20110509234535/http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/48448/moroccan-ambassador-writes-sorrow-over-peter-moss-death dead May 9, 2011 Moroccan ambassador writes of 'sorrow' over Peter Moss death Thejc.com 2 August 2011 a Dutchman, two Swiss citizens, a Portuguese and a Canadian.Laing Aislinn https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/morocco/8485666/Al-Qaeda-explosive-used-in-Marrakesh-bomb-investigators-reveal-as-family-mourns-slain-Briton.html Al-Qaeda explosive used in Marrakesh bomb, investigators reveal, as family mourns slain Briton The Daily Telegraph UK 30 April 2011 2 August 2011 Among the injured, fourteen were hospitalised and four were repatriated to their country the next day, while others left the hospital after receiving the necessary care.http://info.rsi.ch/home/channels/informazione/info_on_line/2011/05/06--Anche-Cristina-tra-le-vittime-d Cristina Caccia non-ce l'ha fatta RSI CH 6 May 2011 3 December 2011 it Responsibility Morocco blamed al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb for the bombing.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-morocco-attack-qaeda-idUSTRE7462FB20110507 Qaeda denies involvement in Morocco cafe bomb attack Reuters 2 August 2011 Mark John 7 May 2011 The group has been fighting an insurgent campaign since 2002. However, al-Qaeda denied responsibility for the blast. On 28 October 2011, in court in Rabat, Adel al-Othmani was sentenced to death for his role in the bombing. Marrakesh cafe bomber Adel Othmani given death sentence BBC News 28 October 2011 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15500908 Hakim Dah received a life sentence. Four others were given four years and three were given a two-year sentence for their roles. The defendants complained that the case against them was based on confessions coerced through torture and lacked hard evidence. Morocco court issues death sentence in cafe attack Associated Press 28 October 2011 http://archive.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2011/10/28/moroccan_court_death_sentence_in_cafe_attack/ International reactions Armenia – President Serzh Sargsyan sent his condolences to the King of Morocco and stated his support "in finding the culprits and bringing them to justice".http://news.am/eng/news/57790.html Armenian President sends condolences to King of Morocco News.am 13 June 2009 2 August 2011 France issued a strong condemnation of the blasts; French president Nicolas Sarkozy describing them as "cruel and cowardly".2011-04-28 World leaders 'appalled' at deadly Morocco blast https://www.dw.com/en/world-leaders-appalled-at-deadly-morocco-blast/a-15038045 live 2021-12-11 Deutsche Welle en-GB https://web.archive.org/web/20170303203319/http://www.dw.com/en/world-leaders-appalled-at-deadly-morocco-blast/a-15038045 3 March 2017 Alain Juppé, the French foreign minister, denounced what it considered to be a "barbaric terrorist attack that nothing can justify", calling for "all light to be shed on this revolting crime, for those responsible to be found, tried and punished".2021-04-28 Blast devastates Marrakesh cafe https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2011/4/28/deadly-blast-devastates-marrakesh-cafe live 2021-12-11 Al Jazeera en https://web.archive.org/web/20211211233611/https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2011/4/28/deadly-blast-devastates-marrakesh-cafe 11 December 2021 Germany urged that the attack "must not stop the reform process that has been initiated in Morocco", referring to the ongoing "Arab Spring". US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that "the United States condemns in the strongest terms today's terrorist attack that killed and injured innocent people at a cafe in Marrakesh, Morocco. We extend our deepest sympathies to the victims of this cowardly attack and stand with the people of Morocco at this difficult time."2021-04-28 Terrorist attack at cafe in heart of Moroccan tourist city, 14 dead, 11 foreigners https://globalnews.ca/news/116865/terrorist-attack-at-cafe-in-heart-of-moroccan-tourist-city-14-dead-11-foreigners/ live 2021-12-11 Global News en-US https://web.archive.org/web/20211211233612/https://globalnews.ca/news/116865/terrorist-attack-at-cafe-in-heart-of-moroccan-tourist-city-14-dead-11-foreigners/ 11 December 2021 References Category:2011 building bombings Category:2011 mass murders Category:2011 crimes in Morocco Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2011 Category:Terrorist incidents in Morocco Category:21st century in Marrakesh Category:21st-century mass murders in Morocco Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2011 Category:Building bombings in Morocco Category:Attacks on coffeehouses and cafés in Africa Category:2010s disasters in Morocco Category:2011 disasters in Africa Category:2011 in Morocco Category:Attacks on tourists in Africa Category:Student massacres Category:Military history of Marrakesh Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Category:French people murdered abroad Category:France–Morocco relations Category:April 2011 crimes in Africa Category:April 2011 in Africa Category:Plots and attacks using pressure cooker bombs Category:Nail bombings