On Monday evening, members of the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie were able to arrest the suspect suspected of killing five members of his family with knives in the city of Tetouan, in the north of the country, He was arrested after three days of intensive search and investigation.
Press sources reported that the perpetrator was hiding in the nearby forests and valleys and was arrested in the Madarat Sperada area while he was waiting for a means of transport to change his location.
The competent Public Prosecution at the Court of Appeal ordered his transfer to the center to listen to him and reveal all the circumstances of the crime, before presenting him to the public prosecutor.
The heinous crime occurred last Saturday in the Wadi Asla area of Tetouan Province, where the father killed his wife and four of his children (two girls and two boys) using a white weapon, then fled to an unknown destination.
The sources indicated that the suspect suffers from psychological disorders, which may be the reason behind him committing this crime.
Investigations are still underway to determine the full details of the incident and take the necessary legal measures against the perpetrator.
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