On 16 May 2003 , twelve suicide bombers from the Salafia Jihadia cell Al-Sirat Al-Musqatim ( " The Correct Path " ) were responsible for four coordinated bombing attacks targeting Westerners and Jews in Casablanca , which killed 33 people ( plus all twelve suicide bombers ) and injured over 100 . In the aftermath of the bombings , up to more than 2,000 individuals were prosecuted in Morocco in a wide-scale crackdown on Islamists and criminals . The Moroccan Justice Ministry subsequently claimed that Salafia Jihadia had 699 activists in the country . Some of the suicide bombers who failed to detonate their vests were captured by police . Three of the failed bombers and another person , all members of Salafia Jihadia , were sentenced to death in August 2003 . In September , a court in Kenitra gave 27 people , also all members of Salafia Jihadia sentences ranging from six months to 15 years for their involvement in the attacks
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