Casablanca- Seven suspects, believed to be involved in the recent attack on the Wydad of Casablanca (WAC), were arrested in the Médina and Derb Sultan neighborhoods in Casablanca.
The police in Casablanca arrested on Friday 7 suspects who are believed to be involved in the recent assault on the WAC’s members and players at Mohamed Benjelloun stadium on Thursday.
The arrested suspects were transported to the judicial police center in Casablanca’s Hai Hasani district.
Armed with knives and swords, 150 masked hooligans broke into the stadium, assaulted and robbed the WAC’s members and players, vandalized their cars and damaged stadium facilities, according to daily Al Massae.
Some of the Widadi players and members were subsequently taken to a hospital, suffering from different degrees of injury.
The armed gang reportedly robbed around MAD 4,000 and 9 cell phones from the WAC’s members and players.
Abdelhamid Hosni, a member of WAC’s Administrative Board, announced his resignation following the incident, whereas WAC’s player Said Fattah vowed not to play in “such conditions” anymore.
Moroccans from all corners of the kingdom condemned this criminal act and called on Moroccan authorities to apprehend and punish the perpetrators.
Many Moroccans attributed the attack on Widad’s players and staff on the absence of police protection in Casablanca and elsewhere in the country.
Police investigations are still underway to find the rest of the 150 suspects.