Four 'bombers' dead in Casablanca
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One militant was killed by security forces during raids
A third blast has rocked the Moroccan city of Casablanca in what police believe was a third Islamist bomber blowing himself up after police raids.
Earlier a man set off a bomb belt when police raided El Fida district at dawn and another was shot dead before managing to do the same, police say.
A third escaped but then blew himself up later as police went to arrest him.
Police had been hunting for a fourth suspect, believed hiding in buildings nearby, AP news agency reports.
The third explosion also took place in El Fida. Reports say it was the fourth suspect, detonating an explosive device in a street.
"It was the fourth member of the group police were looking for," police were quoted by the news agency AFP.
The three men confirmed dead had been wanted in connection with an explosion at an internet cafe a month ago, police said.
Cafe attack
Last month, police arrested 18 people after the internet cafe suicide bomb attack.
In May 2003, some 45 people, including 12 bombers, were killed in a series of co-ordinated suicide bombings.
Police said they had been looking for the men as part of an investigation into the attack on the internet cafe on 11 March.
The bomber was killed in that attack, in which four people were injured, including a suspected accomplice.
The authorities do not believe he was acting alone and 18 people are being questioned concerning the incident.
Fifty people are also currently on trial in the city of Sale near the capital, Rabat, accused of planning terrorist attacks on government targets and tourist resorts last year.
The BBC's Richard Hamilton in Rabat says police are hoping they can foil any repeat of the suicide bombings of May 2003
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