RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities updated the death toll from this week’s unrest to three on Thursday, saying that armed teenage rioters had stormed public buildings and disrupted public order as the youth-led anti-government demonstrations showed few signs of abating.
Security forces opened fire at demonstrators on Wednesday, killing three people, in Leqliaa, a small town outside the city of Agadir. The previous death toll was two.
Morocco’s Interior Ministry said the three were shot and killed during an attempt to seize police weapons, though no witnesses could corroborate the report. The ministry said that 354 people — mostly law enforcement — had sustained injuries. It said hundreds of cars were damaged, as well as banks, shops and public buildings in 23 of the country’s pro