2023-09-01 20:52:00
Jet skis sailing along the Spanish coast (archive image) EUROPA PRESS | EUROPAPRESS
The deceased are a Frenchman and a Moroccan residing in France, while two other young people were detained by Algiers.
01 sep 2023 . Updated at 10:02 p.m.
Las vacations of five young people – two French and three Moroccan– ended fatally. The group was sailing on jet skis near the coastal city of Sadia in northeast Morocco on the Algerian border on Tuesday when they mistakenly crossed the maritime limits and were fired upon by the Algiers Coast Guard. A French citizen and a Maghreb residing in France died, as confirmed this Friday by the Government of Paris. The crisis and support center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the embassies in North Africa are in direct contact with the families of fellow citizens, to whom we give our support, reported the French Executive.
The French victim was identified as Bilal Kissi, aged 28 and father of two children. His lifeless body was found one day after the incident floating in the sea around Sadia.
kissi was with three friends and their younger brother, who reported that his group got lost during the walk and entered Algerian territorial waters about ten meters. Upon spotting them, the coast guards opened fire on them, without the causes being clear. an official vessel I tried to ram the jet skis and when they tried to return they received a burst of shots, the witness clarified. He also stated to the local media that he had fled the area by swimming until a Moroccan gendarmerie boat patrolling the maritime border rescues him.
The second deceased isAbdelali MechouarThe body of Bilal Kissi, born in the French town of Montfermeil, was buried on Thursday in a cemetery in the eastern Moroccan city of Oujda.
provisional prison
The other two were arrested, one of them a French national. Smile Snap He was arrested and taken ashore, where on Wednesday he appeared before the judicial authorities. The Prosecutor’s Office ordered provisional detention for him for a week.
After two decades of poor relations between Algeria and Morocco, when they closed their common border, this new incident in the maritime boundaries between the two countries revive the tension. Although until this Friday only Paris had ruled on the fact. We are in contact with the Maghreb authorities and the Prosecutor’s Office has been notified, explained the Elseo Palace in a brief statement.
Filed in: Morocco Algeria France
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