TIMELINE-Attacks and explosions in Morocco
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:45 GMT
April 28 (Reuters) - An explosion killed 14 people, on Thursday in the Moroccan tourist destination of Marrakesh, and authorities said initial signs were that it was a criminal act. [ID:nLDE73R1EN]
Here is a short timeline of attacks and explosions in Morocco since 2003:
May 16, 2003 - Suicide bombers set off at least five explosions in Casablanca, Morocco, that hit a Spanish restaurant, a five-star hotel and a Jewish community centre. Forty-five people are killed, including 13 bombers, and about 60 are wounded.
March 11, 2007 - A Moroccan blows himself up in a Casablanca Internet cafe killing himself and wounding four people after a tussle with the owner of the cafe.
April 10 - Three suicide bombers detonate their explosive belts, killing themselves and at least one police officer and wound more than 20 people in a police raid on a safe house in Casablanca, Morocco, during which a fourth was shot dead. April 14 - Two suicide bombers kill themselves in an attack on U.S. diplomatic offices in Casablanca.
-- Police arrest a third bomber as he tries to flee the scene.
April 28, 2011 - Fourteen people are killed when a blast rips through the second storey of a cafe overlooking Marrakesh's Jamaa el-Fnaa square.
-- The Interior Ministry says it appears to be a bomb. It says those killed include an undisclosed number of foreigners. The blast also injures another 20 people. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)
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