- Title: FRENCH EMBASSY IN MOROCCO ATTACKED
- Date: 14th November 1961
- Summary: 1. GTV DEMONSTRATORS AT POLITICAL RALLY. 0.05 2. GV DEMONSTRATORS WITH BANNERS SHOUT AND CLAP HANDS. 0.09 3. MV SPEAKER ADDRESSES. 0.11 4. SV DEMONSTRATORS APPLAUD. 0.13 5. CV EXCITED DEMONSTRATOR SHOUTING AND RESTRAINED BY COMRADES. 0.16 6. LV SPEAKERS ON BALCONY. 0.18 7. GTV DEMONSTRATORS SURGE EN ROUTE TO EMBASSY.
- Embargoed: 29th November 1961 12:00
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- Location: RABAT, MOROCCO
- Country: Morocco
- Reuters ID: LVABCZUQRNKNCEH0O2M1YZRGF7LX
- Story Text: MORROCAN SUPPORTERS OF ALGERIAN NATIONALISM GATHERED IN RABAT MOROCCO AND WERE ADDRESSED BY CROWD LEADERS. THEY CARRIED SIGNS SAYING 'NO TO COLONIALISM' AND 'THE SAHARA IS PART OF MOROCCO'.
FEELING SOON BEGAN TO RUN HIGH AT THE POLITICAL RALLY AND THE DEMONSTRATORS MOVED EN MASSE TOWARDS THE EUROPEAN QUARTER, THE LOCATION OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY.
POLICE TRIED TO BREAK UP THE CROWDS - EVEN RESORTED TO HOSE PIPES. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED, TRUCKS OVERTURNED, AND THE WINDOWS OF SHOPS DAMAGED.
OVERPOWERING POLICE GUARDS AT THE EMBASSY, THE MOB JUMPED OVER THE BARRIERS AND ENTERED THE BUILDING. HERE THEY ATTACKED EMBASSY PERSONNEL AND SET FIRE TO TREES, FURNITURE.
POLICE LATER ESTIMATED THAT TEN THOUSAND HAD BEEN IN THE CROWD. THE MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT HAS EXPRESSED REGRETS TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.
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