2007 Casablanca bombings

Series of suicide bombings in Morocco in 2007 The 2007 Casablanca bombings refer to a series of suicide bombings in March and April 2007 in Casablanca, Morocco. March bombing March 11 2007 Casablanca bombing Casablanca, Morocco Internet cafe March 11, 2007 22:00 WET suicide attack 1 (one perpetrator) 4 (including one perpetrator) Abdelfattah Raydi (killed) Youssef Khoudri (Arrested) There was a suicide bombing on March 11, 2007, in Casablanca, Morocco. The suicide bombers came from the shanty towns of Sidi Moumen, a poor suburb of Casablanca. The bombing occurred at 22 hours local time inside an internet cafe. Two men were trying to log into an extremist Islamist website before the owner asked them not to. The two men refused and shortly after, the owner closed the door and threatened to call the police. The bombers asked the owner to open the door and to let them go but he refused. One of the two individuals, 23-year-old Abdelfattah RaydiExplosion à Casablanca: Les terroristes identifiés https://web.archive.org/web/20070928212157/http://www.leconomiste.com/online/online.html?d=371 2007-09-28 – L'Economiste fr who was carrying an explosive load hidden under his clothing detonated the bomb, which killed him and injured his companion and three others including the owner. The companion, identified later as 18-year-old Youssef Khoudri escaped with an eye injury and left for a nearby hospital, where he was later captured by the authorities. The Director of General Affairs of the Grand Casablanca, Mokhtar Bekkali Kacemi declared to the media that the bombers "were probably getting ready to commit a criminal act...they wanted to receive instructions via Internet to execute their attacks elsewhere."Casablanca blast was accidental https://archive.today/20070417232823/http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/box1/casablanca_blast_was/view 2007-04-17 – Maghreb Arab Press fr According to Assabah newspaper the real target had been Casablanca's police and paramilitary headquarters as well as some tourist sites. April bombings April 2007 Casablanca bombings 10/14 April 2007 Casablanca, Morocco Raid, suicide bombings 6 terrorists 1 police officer 1 Islamists April 10 Following the March bombing, a major security operation against suspected Islamist militants resulted in three suspected suicide bombers blowing themselves up and a fourth being shot dead by police as he tried to detonate his device. One police officer died in one of the explosions. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6543423.stm BBC News Dramatic day of Moroccan attacks April 10, 2007 Owen Clegg Officials said one of the three suspected militants who blew himself up during a police raid in Morocco is the brother of an internet cafe bomber. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6544163.stm BBC News Morocco 'bomber brother' killed April 11, 2007 April 14 An additional two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Casablanca on April 14. One woman passer-by was injured in the blasts, which happened near the US consulate and its cultural centre. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6555177.stm BBC News New suicide attacks hit Morocco April 14, 2007 Sentencing In October 2008, Morocco sentenced 45 people to 2 to 30 years in prison for their roles in a plot to attack targets in Casablanca, a plot related to the 2007 bombings.https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLG506299 Morocco court jails bomb plotters for 30 years October 16, 2008 May 25, 2013 Reuters See also 2003 Casablanca bombings External links Man Blows Himself Up in Internet Cafe Bombers had targeted Casablanca landmarks: papers References and notes Category:2007 building bombings Category:Military history of Casablanca Category:2000s disasters in Morocco Category:2007 disasters in Africa Category:2007 in Morocco Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2007 Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2007 Category:Islamic terrorism in Morocco Category:Building bombings in Morocco Category:Suicide bombings in Morocco Category:21st century in Casablanca Category:Attacks on coffeehouses and cafés in Africa Category:2000s murders in Morocco Category:2007 murders in Africa Category:Suicide bombings in 2007 Category:March 2007 in Africa Category:April 2007 in Africa Category:March 2007 crimes Category:April 2007 crimes