One killed in student riot
2008-05-16 17:12
Rabat, Morocco - A student was killed, several others injured and hundreds arrested when students clashed with police in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, news reports said on Friday.
The death occurred when a student fell down from a fourth-floor window at the university campus during the riots in the city 320km south of the capital Rabat on Wednesday.
One of the injured victims was in a serious condition, and several others did not dare go to hospital for fear of being arrested, according to a student's statement quoted by the newspaper el-Tajdid.
The students had demonstrated in favour of better lodgings and the readmission of students who had been expelled.
Some of the protesters threw stones at the 1 000 police keeping order, prompting the officers to respond with tear gas and rubber bullets, reports said. - Sapa-dpa
- SAPA