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Elements of the Casablanca Judicial Police, supported by elements of the Judicial Police Brigade of the Ain Chok security district in the same city, managed, based on accurate data provided by the General Directorate for the Surveillance of National Territory, on Saturday, to arrest two taxi drivers, aged 40 and 48, on suspicion of being involved in committing a crime of assault and battery leading to death against a second-class taxi driver in Casablanca.
A statement from the General Directorate of National Security stated that the judicial police elements, supported by scientific and technical police technicians, had initiated, on April 26th, procedures to examine the body of the 74-year-old victim, after it was found lying in the Ain Chok area, bearing traces of physical assault using a bladed weapon.
It added that field investigations and intensive investigations led to the identification of the suspects, and the arrest of one of them in the city of Oujda, while the second person was arrested simultaneously in the city of Casablanca, after it was revealed that they were involved in this crime for reasons and motives that the investigations are currently working on to determine precisely.
Search operations also enabled the seizure of a light vehicle in Casablanca, which is suspected of being used by the detainees in committing these criminal acts.
The same source indicated that the detainees were kept under custody pending the judicial investigation, which is supervised by the competent public prosecution, in order to determine all the circumstances and backgrounds surrounding the commission of this crime.
