{"id":404906,"date":"2011-04-28T15:23:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T15:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/28\/blast-rips-through-moroccan-cafe-casualties-reported\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T15:23:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T15:23:21","slug":"blast-rips-through-moroccan-cafe-casualties-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/28\/blast-rips-through-moroccan-cafe-casualties-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast rips through Moroccan cafe; casualties reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"79.5247797357\">\n<div readability=\"56.289652568\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Explosion rips through Morocco cafe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New:<\/strong> Blast appears to be result of an attack, Interior Ministry says<\/li>\n<li>A tourist heard a loud boom and saw the damaged terrace<\/li>\n<li>The state-run news agency reports deaths and injuries<\/li>\n<li>The explosion happened in the central part of Marrakesh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>(CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; At least 14 people were killed and 20 injured Thursday &#8212; most of them tourists &#8212; when an explosion tore through a cafe in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, the state-run news agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Initial clues gathered by investigators indicate that the blast is the result of an attack, according to the Maghreb Arabe Presse, citing the Interior Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told CNN the blast occurred at Cafe Argana in Place Jemaa el Fna, the popular bazaar and square that draws thousands of tourists every year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were walking around the souks, right around the corner from Cafe Argana. We heard a gigantic boom, and everyone immediately starting running towards the square to see what happened,&#8221; according to a German tourist who was about 50 meters from the cafe when the blast occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, who didn&#8217;t want her name used, told CNN the top floor and terrace of the cafe were &#8220;ripped apart&#8221; and hundreds of people ran from the area when they realized there was an explosion.<\/p>\n<p>The witness said rescuers were dispatched to the scene and the news agency said police opened an investigation to determine the exact causes.<\/p>\n<p>It is not immediately known whether the attack was linked to unrest across the Arab world or militant activity, although there have been some protests in Morocco lately.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Moroccans held a peaceful demonstration nationwide Sunday, calling for a radical overhaul of the country&#8217;s governance before a new constitution is unveiled in June by King Mohammed VI.<\/p>\n<p>The march was organized by the Facebook youth movement Fevrier 20. The group said its members would not accept the present draft constitution because it was written by the king&#8217;s own people. It denounced his decision to refer the new constitution to a committee he appointed.<\/p>\n<p>King Mohammed announced last month he would give up some of his wide-scale powers and make the judiciary independent &#8212; the latter a particularly hot subject in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Calls for an end to political detention and questions about the king&#8217;s personal business activities were also on protesters&#8217; banners. There was visible resentment at the royal family&#8217;s business operations, controlled by its holding company SNI. There were also groups protesting about the prices of basic household items.<\/p>\n<p>CNN&#8217;s Mitra Mobasherat contributed to this report<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/3CMuoh2zVDM\/index.html\" title=\"Blast rips through Moroccan cafe; casualties reported\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blast rips through Moroccan cafe; casualties reported<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Explosion rips through Morocco cafe STORY HIGHLIGHTS New: Blast appears to be result of an attack, Interior Ministry says A tourist heard a loud boom and saw the damaged terrace The state-run news agency reports deaths and injuries The explosion happened in the central part of Marrakesh (CNN) &#8212; At least 14 people were killed and 20 injured Thursday &#8212; most of them tourists &#8212; when an explosion tore through a cafe in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, the state-run news agency said. Initial clues gathered by investigators indicate that the blast is the result of an attack, according to the Maghreb Arabe Presse, citing the Interior Ministry. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-404906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blast rips through Moroccan cafe; casualties reported - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/28\/blast-rips-through-moroccan-cafe-casualties-reported\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Blast rips through Moroccan cafe; casualties reported - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Explosion rips through Morocco cafe STORY HIGHLIGHTS New: Blast appears to be result of an attack, Interior Ministry says A tourist heard a loud boom and saw the damaged terrace The state-run news agency reports deaths and injuries The explosion happened in the central part of Marrakesh (CNN) -- At least 14 people were killed and 20 injured Thursday -- most of them tourists -- when an explosion tore through a cafe in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, the state-run news agency said. 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