At least 820 killed in Morocco quake: new toll

At least 820 people have died in

a devastating earthquake that struck near Morocco’s tourist hotspot of
Marrakesh, authorities said Saturday, updating an earlier toll of more than
600.

Another 672 people were injured, including 205 in a critical condition, the
interior ministry said, after the late-Friday quake that measured 6.8, making
it Morocco’s strongest ever recorded. (BSS/AFP)