Earthquake in Morocco kills at least 296 people, government says

The US Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8.

A powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday night killed at least 296 people, the country’s Interior Ministry said.

Moroccans posted videos showing buildings reduced to rubble and dust and parts of the famous red walls that surround the old city in historic Marrakech, a Unesco World Heritage site, damaged.

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