Moroccan man dies in internet cafe explosion

A MOROCCAN man who was stopped from looking at terrorist websites in an internet cafe in Casablanca blew himself up with explosives, the country’s Interior Ministry said yesterday.

The man was killed and four people were injured in the blast on Sunday night, including the dead man’s companion, who was taken to hospital with burns and a throat injury, said ministry spokesman Abderrahman Achour.

Authorities, uncertain about the circumstances of the blast in a Casablanca slum, were holding off labelling it a suicide bombing. Achour said it was possible that the man was transporting explosives that went off at an unplanned moment.