A minaret collapsed during Friday prayers, killing 36 people and injuring 71 at a crowded mosque in the old town of the historic Moroccan city of Meknes.

Thirty-six people died and 71 were injured when a minaret collapsed during Friday prayers at a crowded mosque in the old town of the historic Moroccan city of Meknes.

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A powerful earthquake struck northern Morocco today, killing at least nine people and injuring about 40 others.