Prime minister praises security response and says government is ready for talks
Morocco’s prime minister, Aziz Akhannouch, has praised the security force reaction to protests over corruption and public spending and said the government was ready for talks, as organisers called for a sixth night of protests.
In a statement, Akhannouch said the death toll in the protests had risen to three.
Local authorities had earlier reported that two people had been killed in the southern city of Lqliâa on Wednesday night after security forces opened fire at protesters during demonstrations.
Morocco’s state news agency, Map, had cited local authorities as saying two people were killed by police who were acting in self-defence while trying to seize police weapons, as anti-government protests that started as a call for social justice reforms took a deadly turn.
