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RABAT — Moroccan authorities Began to prosecute 65 migrants who participated in a major attempt on Friday, attacking border posts and killing at least 23 migrants, judicial sources said Monday.
Approximately 2,000 migrants participated in this attempt, causing a fierce skirmish between Moroccan security forces and the Spanish border guard in the outlying area of Melilla, and about 100 managed to overcome it.
Moroccan officials said the dead were the result of unrequited love after they called stampede and immigrants who fell from high fences. Together with dozens of Moroccan guards, they said dozens more were injured.
The Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH) organization quoted sources from unnamed hospitals as saying that 29 migrants had died.
On Sunday, the African Union shocked what is called the violent treatment of migrants leading to casualties and demanded an urgent investigation. Morocco and Spain have denied the use of excessive force.
According to judicial sources, most of the indicted people are from Sudan, and they are guilty of setting fires, attacking security forces and promoting illegal border crossings. ..
AMDH said it would help three lawyers represent immigrants in court.
Many other migrants detained by authorities on Friday were taken by bus to southern Morocco, where they were released, AMDH said.
The video AMDH, published in the aftermath of the disaster on Friday, showed dozens of African men lying side by side with each other while Moroccan police were standing on them. Many showed apparently lifeless, bleeding, and weak movements.
AMDH said the injured remained unattended for hours and the death toll increased. Some footage showed Moroccan guards beating a man lying on the ground.
Moroccan authorities shared footage of themselves attacking the border with the African ambassador, official sources said, police clearing migrant camps from forest areas near the excursion before the attack. Including efforts.
According to sources, Rabat did not publish the video, but confirmed that it was published by a local French news website.
When colliding with guards who tried to disperse them with tear gas, a large group of immigrants used sticks to attack fences and throw rocks. Shown.
At some point, part of the fence collapsed under a large group and tried to climb on it. Many have fallen a few meters.
According to official sources, the cause of the crush was the concentration of migrants trying to cross the border and break through a particularly narrow doorway.
Spain will use the NATO summit in Madrid this week to seek stronger information sharing on immigration-related issues, two diplomats told Reuters. (Report by Ahmed Eljechtimi, Written by Angus McDowall, Edited by Bill Berkrot)
