Activists call for fresh demonstrations this weekend with three people killed and more than 500 reportedly arrested since unrest started in late September
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youb Oubalat shares a picture of what he says is his younger brother covered with a white blanket. The man’s eyes are closed and his left eye is bruised blue. At the crown of his head a hole is visible within his dark curly hair, the entry point where the bullet pierced, now shaved and stitched with blue and black thread.
A recently graduated film-maker, Abdessamade, 24, and two others were allegedly killed on 1 October when security forces opened fire on protesters in the town of Lqliâa, near the Atlantic coastal town of Agadir.
Authorities claim Abdessamade was part of a group that violently stormed the local police station, to which officers responded with fire. But Ayoub says his brother was a “peaceful man” who had found himself near the protests and spontaneously started filming.
