Heba Press – Guelmim
White Beach, in the province of Guelmim, experienced a state of high security alert after the bodies of a group of illegal immigrants were thrown into the sea on Friday morning.
According to informed sources, rescue teams were able to recover 14 bodies of migrants from sub-Saharan African countries, after five rubber boats carrying them capsized at sea.
Members of the Royal Gendarmerie and local authorities as well as civil prevention teams arrived at the scene where the bodies were transferred to the morgue of the Guelmim regional hospital.
Alongside the opening of a thorough investigation into the details of the accident and its causes, a vast search operation is currently underway in the region in search of other potential victims.
