632 dead in Morocco quake: new toll

Residents stay out at a square following an earthquake in Marrakesh on September 9, 2023. (Photo by Fadel Senna / AFP)/ FILE

Agence France-Presse

A powerful earthquake that struck Morocco Friday night has killed at least 632 people and injured 329 others, according to an updated interior ministry toll.

Of those injured, 51 were in a critical condition, the ministry said, after the 6.8-magnitude quake that struck 72 kilometres (45 miles) southwest of tourist hotspot Marrakesh.

 

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