Two French tourists were injured after being attacked with stones by an
"unbalanced"
Monday in Moulay Bousselham, in the province of Kenitra, near Rabat, AFP learned Monday from local authorities.
An individual showing
"signs of mental imbalance"
was arrested and placed in police custody by the local gendarmerie, said the same authorities.
Both victims hospitalized
According to initial information, the man
"attacked the two tourists for no apparent reason using stones, causing them injuries of various severity"
, added the same source, without further details.
The latter were hospitalized in Rabat.
According to the Hespress
news site
, citing informed sources, it is a couple in their eighties who were seriously injured.
No reason was provided for this attack which occurs 48 hours before the semi-final of the World Cup-2022 between Morocco and France.
An investigation is underway under the supervision of the prosecution.
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The French are the most numerous foreign tourists to visit Morocco.
On January 15, a 79-year-old French tourist was stabbed to death in a market in Tiznit, near Agadir, in southern Morocco.
Moroccan justice had ruled out the terrorist track, concluding that the murderer was not criminally responsible because of
"mental disorders"
and ordering his internment in a psychiatric hospital.