Asked to give bride to get his certificate of residence. He sets himself a braze and dies.
The family members of Mahfoud Jimi, the young man who passed away few days ago in Morocco’s industrial hub Casablanca, one week after he set himself ablaze inside a borough council [Mokata3a] in Ain Bourja, belonging to Morocco’s Ministry of Interior, spoke in a sad tone about the reason behind Mahfoud setting himself ablaze, in an interview given to Moroccan news outlet Hespress. “I lost my son for nothing, just because the authorities of the borough council [Mokata3a] refused to grant him a residence certificate, which he needed for work purposes,” Mahfoud’s mother said. “I feel I am the one who has burned instead. I am burning. My heart is burning. “They [the authorities] did not even try to stop him from setting himself ablaze when he told them “If you don’t give me the certificate, I will burn myself here” “They painted the walls and everything as if nothing had happened. No investigation. Nothing.” Abdelfattah Jimi, Mahfoud’s brother stressed tha...