Pan-Arab al-Arabiya news channel reported that five people were killed from one family, citing unnamed local sourcesIn an updated toll of the earthquake that struck on Friday evening, Morocco’s Ministry of Interior announced that that 820 people have been killed and 672 are injured, among which 205 suffer from serious injuries.
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Residents of Marrakech, the nearest big city to the epicentre, said some buildings had collapsed in the old city, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and local television showed pictures of a fallen mosque minaret with rubble lying on smashed cars.
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The Interior Ministry, in its televised statement on the death toll, urged calm and said the quake had hit the provinces of Al Haouz, Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Azilal, Chichaoua and Taroudant.Montasir Itri, a resident of the mountain village of Asni near the epicentre, said most houses there were damaged. “Our neighbours are under the rubble and people are working hard to rescue them using available means in the village,” he said.
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