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Moroccan attack against Saharawi students: several injured

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 Settat (Morocco), March 16, 2014 (SPS) - A Moroccan attack against Sahrawi students at the university campus of Settat (Morocco) on Tuesday and Wednesday left several wounded, according to the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Community Abroad.

 

 

Several Sahrawi students were transferred to hospital after an attack by Moroccan bands with batons and pointed weapons while other Sahrawis were taken to the police station for investigation.

 

The students were "victims of verbal and physical abuse by officers of the Moroccan police".

 

Students of the Settat University launched an emergency call for help to "all Saharawi students across other campuses, international organizations of human rights as well as free and fair media". (SPS)

 

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