Morocco’s First Self-Immolation Occurs in Casablanca, MAP Says
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Aida Alami
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A Moroccan man set himself on fire in the northern port city of Casablanca yesterday, state-run Maghreb Arab Press reported, without saying where it got the information.
The first case of self-immolation in the country was motivated by inheritance problems, the news agency said. The man is being treated in a hospital, MAP reported, citing a person from the medical profession.
A 41-year-old street vendor tried to set himself on fire in the city of Beni Mellal yesterday, the daily paper Assabah reported.
To contact the reporter on this story: Aida Alami in Cairo at aalami2@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Mahmoud Kassem at mkassem1@bloomberg.net
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