The case of the murder of Badr Bouljoihel, a 23-year-old young man, doctoral student-researcher at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Mohammedia, killed at the end of July 2023 leaving a restaurant in Aïn Diab, in Casablanca, is far from know its epilogue.
On Monday, the Criminal Appeal Chamber at the Casablanca Court of Appeal postponed the examination of this case until February 10 in order to summon the witnesses for the report. The hearing was marked by communication, via videoconference, with the accused, in particular Achraf. S. nicknamed “Oueld Fchouch (rich kid)”, main accused in this murder, currently incarcerated in the local prison of Oukacha. He was sentenced to death. He was charged with premeditated murder, attempted premeditated murder, participation in theft and use of violence and various other crimes.
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The accused Amin R., who declared himself to be the driver of the vehicle which hit the young Badr, received a life sentence. Abderrafik Z. was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The Criminal Trial Chamber also sentenced the accused Ahmed S. to 20 years in prison. As for Hamid A., brother-in-law of the main accused who transported the accused to the city of Laâyoune before their arrest by the police, he was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Badr Bouljoihel, doctoral student-researcher at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Mohammedia, was killed on the night of July 30 in a McDonald’s parking lot in Aïn Diab. In a video posted on social networks, we see individuals inflicting violent blows on the 23-year-old young man. One of the attackers, owner of a large 4 × 4 Audi Q8, gets into his vehicle to run over young Badr. This horrible crime shook Aïn Diab, an upscale neighborhood of Casablanca. The day after the tragedy, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) announced the arrest by the Casablanca judicial police, in coordination with their counterparts in Laâyoune, of the main suspect.
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Four other suspects will subsequently be arrested. All are accused of intentional homicide and the formation of a criminal gang.
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