HIBAPRESS – Sidi Bennour
Arbaa Aounat center in the Sidi Bennour province witnessed a state of security alert on Sunday evening, following the storming of a cafe in the center of the town by four masked individuals, who were in a four-wheel-drive vehicle without license plates. The circumstances surrounding the incident are still unknown.
According to initial available information, the suspects entered the cafe carrying a hunting rifle and a bladed weapon, before demanding its patrons to leave. They then proceeded to remove the recording device (DVR) of the cafe's surveillance cameras.
This incident caused panic and fear among the cafe's customers, as well as among a number of residents who witnessed the incident or heard about it. The suspects fled immediately after in the direction of Had Aounat.
Upon being notified of the incident, elements of the Royal Gendarmerie in the Arbaa Aounat territorial brigade mobilized their various units. They immediately began field operations and deployed to several points as part of search operations to track down and apprehend the suspects. These operations are still ongoing as of the writing of these lines.
The circumstances and details of this incident are still under investigation, pending the results of the ongoing inquiries to provide official information regarding the identities of those involved and the motives behind their actions.
