Overview

• The Interior Ministry reports 409 people in custody and nearly 300 injured after Tuesday night’s confrontations, including 263 security personnel and 23 protesters, with one person hospitalized in Oujda.
• Authorities cite violent incidents in Oujda and Inzegane, alleging use of stones, knives and Molotov cocktails, the torching of more than 140 police vehicles and 20 private cars, and attacks on banks, shops and public offices.
• A viral video shows a police van striking a young protester in Oujda, and the national press agency says the individual survived with leg injuries.
• Prosecutors will try an initial group of 37 people starting October 7, and a court inquiry has been requested in Casablanca for 18 others, including several minors.
• The GenZ 212 movement, organized via Discord with membership reportedly jumping from 55,000 to 125,000 in 24 hours, demands better public health and education, galvanized by reports of eight maternal deaths in Agadir, with further rallies planned Wednesday night.