HIBAPRESS – Oujda
Elements of the Judicial Police Department in Oujda, in coordination with the National Security services in Nador, managed in the early hours of Monday, September 7th, to arrest a 58-year-old man, suspected of involvement in premeditated murder using a firearm (a hunting rifle).
According to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security, based on preliminary investigation information, the body of a 40-year-old woman was found on Sunday evening in Oujda, bearing the marks of two gunshot wounds, which ballistic expertise determined were fired from a hunting rifle.
Investigations and inquiries, the statement added, led to the identification of the perpetrator of this crime and his arrest in Nador as he was preparing to leave the national territory. The identification revealed that he is a Moroccan citizen residing abroad. The two shotgun shells used in the commission of this crime were also found in his possession.
Initial findings suggest that the suspect had a prior relationship with the victim and met with her on Sunday evening in the Al-Jorf district of Oujda, before committing the crime for reasons and motives that judicial investigations are currently working to determine and uncover.
The suspect has been placed under judicial custody pending the investigation, which is being conducted under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor's office, in order to fully understand all details, circumstances, and motives of this case.
