Mauritania: Oumar Diop buried in Nouakchott after the conclusions of the Moroccan autopsy

The death of this young Mauritanian on the night of May 28 to 29 in a hospital in the capital after being held in a police station had provoked major riots in the country. The additional results of the long-awaited autopsy sent to Morocco have finally been communicated by the prosecutor general of Nouakchott. According to the report of the Moroccan forensic expert, Oumar Diop did not die of criminal causes. Results that confirm the version advanced last week by the police and the Ministry of the Interior. For the family, who refuted their version, this is yet another blow. On Saturday morning, June 10, they were finally able to proceed with the burial and pay their respects at the cemetery in the north of Nouakchott.

View of Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital. Laminesall96 / Wikimedia Commons

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With our correspondent in Nouakchott, Léa Breuil

Saturday morning at the PK7 cemetery in a neighborhood north of Nouakchott, several hundred people came to say goodbye with emotion to Oumar Diop. All were waiting for the additional analyzes carried out in Morocco to be able to bury the body of the deceased with dignity. "Now we can't say anything, everything is already spoken. We say hamdulilhah only because our friend, we put him in the ground.

According to the final report of the forensic expert in Morocco: Oumar Diop died of cardiac arrest as a result of excessive consumption of cocaine mixed with alcohol, confirming police reports. A version that has always been disputed by the family.

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If the lawyers did not wish to express themselves for the moment, one of Oumar Diop's cousins specifies that a contrexpertise is financially impossible for them. "We do not agree with the result, but we do not have the means to do otherwise. From the doctors' point of view, it will be too late to continue the investigation, but on the lawyers' side, we hope that there will still be some clarification.

According to the Attorney General's Office, a copy of the autopsy report in its final form was given to the family representatives.

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