Morocco Food Stampede Leaves 15 Dead and a Country Shaken<br />19, 2017<br />MARRAKESH, Morocco — At least 15 women died and five were wounded in a stampede during a food<br />distribution operation on Sunday morning in rural Morocco, government officials said.<br />"But there is a lot of work that needs to be done in order to advance human development, especially when it concerns the youth<br />and women." At the market on Sunday, many who were injured were taken to hospitals in Essaouira and Marrakesh.<br />" the king said. that Today, Moroccans need a balanced and equitable development<br />that guarantees dignity for all, a development that generates income and jobs and that especially benefits young people,<br />Nearly 19 percent of the rural population lives in poverty, and about 15.5 percent of Moroccans live on about $3 a day.<br />The victims were crushed as hundreds of people, mostly women, gathered to collect baskets<br />of food at the market of a small town, Sidi Boulaalam, according to news accounts.<br />In a speech in October, Morocco’s king, Mohammed VI, assailed the governing elites, saying<br />that the socioeconomic development projects had failed and that a sizable part of the population still lived at risk.<br />" King Mohammed has ordered the local authorities to take all necessary measures to provide support and assistance to the families of the dead and injured, the statement from the interior ministry said.<br />that One woman started falling on the other, and they died.
