More than 1,000 people dead after Morocco hit by earthquake

People inspect their damaged homes after an earthquake in Moulay Ibrahim village, near Marrakesh (Mosa’ab Elshamy/AP/PA)

More than 1,000 people have been killed and a further 1,200 injured in an earthquake near Marrakesh that flattened homes and devastated mountain villages in Morocco.

The Interior Ministry said on Saturday the death toll had reached 1,037, with 1,204 injured, 721 of them critically.