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Sat 04 Apr 2011Al-Qaeda group suspected of Marrakesh bomb that killed 15

MOROCCO HAS said a bomb that killed 15 people, including 10 foreigners, in a cafe in Marrakesh on Thursday was a terrorist act.

Islamist militants are suspected of having been involved in the attack, which ripped through the Argana cafe overlooking Jamaa el-Fna square, a popular tourist location in the city.