THE Moroccan parquet flooring opened one investigation following some images broadcast after the Massive assault on Ceuta last Sunday and in which dozens of prisoners are observed half naked and with signs of violenceincluding some minors. The photographs have been circulating on social media for over 24 hours, but they have also been distributed by NGOs and pro-Sahrawi media.
The images were attributed to the episodes that occurred on September 15 on the border of Castillejos and Ceuta. The security forces of the neighboring country contained a coordinated land and sea attack a few days earlier on social networks that left a total of 4,455 people arrested, as reported this Tuesday by the Alawite authorities. Among those arrested are 141 Moroccan minors, 3,795 adults and 519 other immigrants from other countries.
The police deployment, according to Le 360, numbered around 7,000 men and the Auxiliary (anti-riot) Forces were joined by the National Security, the Gendarmerie and the Army.
In a statement signed by the Attorney General at Court of Appeal of Tetouan, to which you had access EfeIt is stated that the research aims to “determine the veracity of these facts and the context of the publication of these photographs.
The statement by the Office of the Prosecutor refers to two photographs that have been circulating on social media since Monday morning. The first shows about fifty people in their underwear and with their hands behind their heads next to two vans of the Moroccan Auxiliary Forces. Guarded by officers, some of the young people show signs of having been hit in the back. There are also traces of water on the ground, which could indicate that they were taken out of the water shortly before.
The second, even more serious image shows half a dozen minors sitting in front of a cement wall, their heads bowed, and also with obvious signs of violence on the backs of their bodies.
The middle CESahraoui speaks of “shocking images which directly testify to the torture of the regime of Mohamed VI. This newspaper could not confirm that the photographs are recent and linked to what happened on the 15th at the border of Ceuta.
THE NGO AMDH Nadorwho also echoed the controversy this Tuesday, denounced on his social networks the “cruel behavior” of the Moroccan security forces, who left “humiliating scenes comparable to those seen in Palestine”.No to humiliation and torture of our children to please the Spanish. Shit,” they add.
The Moroccan prosecutor’s note states that “the necessary legal implications will be resolved at the end of the investigation.” investigation and the results will be communicated to the public.
