Oslo, Jan 7, 2019 (AFP) – Hundreds of people observed two minutes of silence on Monday in Norway in honour of two Scandinavian women hikers murdered in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains in December. Standing in the cold with flags flying at half-mast at the University of South-Eastern Norway in the town of Bo, the participants gathered to remember 28-year-old Maren Ueland from Norway, and 24-year-old Dane Louisa Vesterager Jespersen. The two women were killed at an isolated hiking spot south of Marrakesh overnight December 16-17, where they were vacationing. The university addressed the murders with students on Monday morning as classes resumed after the Christmas break. “This is very difficult for all of us, especially for the students who lived and studied with them,” she said.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 07, 2019 13:18 UTC