Two suicide bombers killed themselves in an attack on US diplomatic offices in Morocco's commercial hub Casablanca yesterday.
Police arrested a third bomber as he tried to flee the scene of the mid-morning attack on the US cultural centre and the nearby US consulate in an upscale district of the port city, where three suicide bombers blew themselves up four days ago.
"He threw down his explosives belt and ran away. Police chased him and caught him," said the owner of a coffee shop in the neighbourhood who declined to be identified.
A senior police source said the bombers clearly intended to attack the US buildings, indicating they were the first targeted suicide bombings of a recent series in the city.
"There is no doubt they aimed at the US targets. They made that statement with their own bodies," the source said. He said the two could not get closer to the two buildings because of security fortifications.
A police source said only the two bombers were killed.
Police later arrested three other men, winning cheers from hundreds of onlookers as officers pushed the three into a police car to be taken away for questioning.
Police were checking reports a suspected fourth bomber was at large but there was no immediate confirmation.
Witnesses said the first blast happened about six metres from the cultural centre and the second went off about 20 seconds later 60 metres away from the consulate.
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When the GSPC named itself Al-Qaeda in Maghreb, it wasn't just a name change...it was a policy change as well. Experts has stated that the intent was there for months.....but now we see action. This is proof that we no longer dealing with a group just focused on overthrowing governments in North Africa.
This group has finally merged Al-Qaeda's global objective with the local objective of its own. This isn't good news for those that want peace in the region and it isn't good news for the US War Against Terror.
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