Morocco’s official news agency said officials have raised the death toll following the collapse of a minaret during a crowded prayer service to 41 people.

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.

A man exploded a gas canister near a tourist bus in Meknes north-east of the Moroccan capital Rabat today, though no casualties were reported in the blast, the state news agency MAP reported.