Bomb kills tourists in Marrakesh
Morocco has launched an investigation into a bomb attack on a cafe in Marrakesh that left 14 people dead, including 11 foreigners.
More than 20 others were wounded, some critically, when the blast ripped through the cafe in Djemaa el-Fna square, a popular tourist spot.
Nationalities of the foreign victims have not been confirmed, but medical sources say at least six are French and one is Dutch.
Australian ABC correspondent Anne Barker reported that Morocco’s Djemaa el-Fna Square is one of the country’s most famous tourist attractions.


The World Heritage site is usually packed with tourists and shopkeepers and at this – the start of the summer tourist season – it was predictably in full swing., she said.
Just before lunchtime there were hordes of people in the square when a powerful bomb ripped through the caf̩ Рtearing off its roof and front fa̤ade.
Evidence collected from the scene later confirmed it was a terror attack. 


One witness inside the café said an individual had come in and ordered an orange juice before blowing himself up. 

 Another said the bomber had dropped a suitcase and immediately walked outside.
The last serious attack in Morocco was in Casablanca in 2003, when 45 people – including suicide bombers – were killed.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy branded the attack “heinous, cruel and cowardly”, his office said.
By Ian Jarrett
Ian Jarrett
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