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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Metz and Ahmed Hatem

Moroccan villagers mourn after earthquake kills 2,000 near Marrakech: ‘Ten seconds and everything was gone’

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The ground shook with a force few had ever felt, thundering through the remote Moroccan village in the dark of night.

When the earthquake was over late Friday, the town carved into the Atlas Mountains lay in devastation — possibly dozens dead, scores of homes crumpled and walls reduced to rubble. Soon crews were listening for desperate sounds of life within the ruins of Moulay Brahim.

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