Molotov Cocktail Attack in Morocco

Three people have been injured in a bizarre attack on a car belonging to the head of the judiciary police squad in the southern city of Smara on Sunday night.

According to witnesses the attack occurred at 10pm on the main street of the Al-Aouda neighborhood, located on the outskirts of the city. Five home-made Molotov cocktails tossed in the direction of the vehicle carrying one officer and two noncommissioned officers.

"This heinous act, which has completely burnt the police vehicle, claimed three victims suffering minor burns: a police inspector and two citizens including a woman who, by act of citizenship, had tried to help the police," said a police spokesman.

Word is that there has been a massive police response with large-scale combing operations to identify and arrest the perpetrators. The police have stressed that the initial findings of the police were established in the presence of the representative of the General Prosecutor.

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