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U.S. Shuts Morocco Consulate After Bomb

Sunday, April 15, 2007 6:49:44 PM

Armed Moroccan police officers are seen near the American Language Center in Casablanca, Morocco, Saturday April 14, 2007 after an explosion. Two brothers strapped with explosives blew themselves up near the American Language Center in Casablanca on Saturday, and police arrested three people, including one wearing an explosives belt, an official and news reports said. (AP Photo)RABAT, Morocco (AP) - The U.S. closed its consulate in Casablanca indefinitely on Sunday to review security a day after a suicide bombing beside the building, the U.S. Embassy said.

A second bomber on Saturday detonated his explosive belt in the same street, just yards from the American Language Center where English is taught. A woman was injured in one of the blasts but only the bombers died.

The attacks were Morocco's first since five simultaneous suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003 which killed 33 people and a dozen bombers.


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