Morocco has admitted its border guards shot dead four African migrants trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla earlier this month. Six people were killed on 6 October in a mass raid on the double razor-wired fence which separates the Spanish territory of Melilla from Morocco. An inquiry by the Spanish civil guard has cleared its troops of involvement.
Now a report released by the Moroccan interior ministry says a spray of gunfire from Moroccan security forces killed four of the migrants, believed to be from West Africa. The other two, says the report, died from multiple wounds. It was not clear from the report whether they were also shot or died in a stampede which followed.
Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohammed Ben Aissa, described the incident as "regrettable". | "Er, our bad. Now scram." |
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