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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-29-11 02:50 PM
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Experts examine wreckage of Marrakech cafe bomb blast
Source: The Guardian

Anti-terrorist experts from several countries have been sifting through the wreckage of the Marrakech cafe where 15 people died on Thursday, as officials said a remote control bomb caused the blast.

A video released before the attack by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack, with terrorism experts saying the group was one of several likely candidates.

While police from both Morocco and Spain could be seen working at the wrecked cafe in Jamaa el-Fnaa Square, friends and family of the victims gathered at the city's Ibn Tofail hospital.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/29/marrakech-cafe-bomb-experts-sift-wreckage
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