Morocco earthquake: The teacher who lost all 32 of her pupils - BBC News

A teacher tells the BBC all 32 of her pupils died after tremors struck a mountain village.

22 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsMorocco earthquake 2023Image source, Adaseel SchoolBy Yassmin FaragBBC World ServiceThe thoughts of one Moroccan schoolteacher immediately turned to her pupils when she felt the 6.8-magnitude earthquake strike a week ago.

Nesreen Abu ElFadel was in Marrakesh - but Adaseel, the mountain village that was home to her school and pupils, was closer to the epicentre.

The Arabic- and French-language teacher returned to Adaseel where she went searching for the children.

She discovered that all 32 - ranging from six to 12 years old - had died.

"I went to the village and started asking about my kids: 'Where is Somaya? Where is Youssef? Where is this girl? Where is that boy?' The answer came hours later: 'They are all dead.'

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