The police department in Marrakech has reacted promptly to a video that circulated widely on social media on Sunday, June 14. The footage shows a restaurant owner forcibly removing a foreign tourist from his premises, with various comments suggesting that the tourist had been scammed into paying an exorbitant amount for a pizza meal.
Upon conducting preliminary investigations, it was revealed that the national police in Marrakech had not received any formal complaints or notifications regarding the incident depicted in the video. This lack of official reports prompted law enforcement to initiate a field investigation, which successfully identified the restaurant owner and allowed them to gather his account of the events.
The findings from the investigation indicate that the incident did not occur in recent days but rather took place over a week before the Eid al-Adha holiday. The restaurant owner featured in the video attempted to prevent the foreign tourist from entering the establishment due to her evident intoxication and erratic behavior, rather than a dispute related to the payment for a meal, as falsely suggested by the accompanying social media comments.
Further inquiries conducted by the relevant authorities at the scene confirmed that the restaurant in question does not serve pizza, which contradicts the claims made in some comments about the tourist allegedly being charged an excessive fee for such a meal. This evidence effectively debunks the circulating information and highlights its inaccuracy.
As reported by hnews.ma.
