4 Moroccans killed trying to cross a sewage canal towards Spain
Melilla border crossing
Four Moroccan youths died as they tried to cross a sewage canal from the port of Beni Ansar towards the neighboring Spanish enclave of Melilla in northern Morocco, according to a source in the local authorities today.
The source said that the Civil Protection Services intervened upon notification of the accident to find the bodies of three victims inside the channel, while a fourth person was transferred to the hospital, where he died.
He pointed out that the security authorities opened an investigation to uncover the circumstances and circumstances of this incident.
The ages of the victims were not specified.
The source explained that this is not the first attempt at an irregular migration to Melilla via this channel.
The Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta represent the only land border between Africa and Europe, and they are closely guarded to prevent the infiltration of irregular migrants into them by climbing the giant barbed fence that surrounds them.
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