Morocco’s Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Laayoune said that investigations were opened into a series of explosions that killed one person and injured three others on Saturday in the city of Smara in Western Sahara.
The Public Prosecutor said in a statement that the investigations were entrusted to a team with technical and ballistic expertise to identify the origin and nature of the projectiles.
The projectiles killed one man, injured three others, and also damaged two houses. Two people suffering from severe injuries were transferred to a hospital in Laayoune, west of Smara.
Moroccan al-Yaoum 24 website said the explosions in Smara were caused by the Polisario attacks launched from the Tifariti region, in a dangerous precedent that targeted residential neighborhoods.
Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Moroccan sources said that the Polisario Front is “playing with fire” by targeting civilians, describing its actions as a “cowardly act of terrorism.”
Meanwhile, the Sahara Press Service, affiliated with the Polisario Front, said its units targeted Moroccan forces in the al-Mahbas sector, causing heavy losses.
The Ministry of National Defense issued a military communique stating that advanced units of the Sahrawi People’s Liberation Army targeted Moroccan soldiers in Akrara el-Fersik and el-Shadimia.
Morrocan forces were also targeted in the Mahbes sector.
The source stated that the Front’s militias focused their attacks earlier, targeting Moroccan forces’ positions in the Smara and Mahbas.
Source: Aawsat
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