2023-09-04 19:59:45
This is a case that borders on a diplomatic crisis. After the death of two vacationers, including a Franco-Moroccan, killed by gunfire attributed to Algerian coastguards, Morocco and France each opened an investigation. This investigation, pending the Moroccan investigation, was opened for intentional homicide and entrusted to the criminal brigade of the Paris judicial police, said the prosecution on Monday. In particular, it must provide a legal framework for collecting information.
For their part, the lawyers for the families of the two victims announced on Sunday the filing of a complaint in Paris for “aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, hijacking of a ship and failure to assist a person in danger”. It should be filed on Tuesday, one of the lawyers Me Hakim Chergui told AFP.
Killed by the Coast Guard
According to the testimony of a 33-year-old Franco-Moroccan, Mohamed Kissi, four vacationers, including himself, got lost at sea during a jet-ski trip on August 29. Leaving from the beach of Saïdia (north-east of Morocco), on the border with Algeria, they were joined by an Algerian coast guard boat, which fired on them, he said.
His brother Bilal Kissi, a 29-year-old Franco-Moroccan trader and father of two young children, and his cousin Abdelali Mechouar (or Mchiouer), a 40-year-old trader living in France and father of a 5-year-old child, were killed. A friend, Smaïl Snabé, Franco-Moroccan, was arrested by the Algerian coast guard. Mohamed Kissi was rescued by the Moroccan Navy.
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