4 terrorist blasts rock Casablanca

By Nicolas Marmie
Associated Press writer

Published: Saturday, May 17 2003 12:14 a.m. MDT

Summary

Terrorists exploded four bombs in the coastal city of Casablanca late Friday, killing at least 24 people and damaging the Belgian consulate, a Jewish center and a Spanish restaurant, officials said. Sixty people were wounded.

RABAT, Morocco — Terrorists exploded four bombs in the coastal city of Casablanca late Friday, killing at least 24 people and damaging the Belgian consulate, a Jewish center and a Spanish restaurant, officials said. Sixty people were wounded.

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At least three of the blasts were from car bombs, and the fourth appeared to be detonated by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt, according to security officials in this North African nation.

The official news agency MAP reported that three suspects were apprehended, without elaborating. The agency also said that 10 of the dead were attackers.

"They were terrorists, suicide bombers," Interior Minister Mustapha Sahel told reporters. "These are the well-known signatures of international terrorists."

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