After a period of suspense that lasted more than ten days, the sleuths of the judicial police were able to solve the case of the disappearance of the young Sahrawi civil servant Hamdi Tarfaoui since Friday, May 18, in dubious circumstances. This gave rise to a series of rumours throughout these last few days at the level of the city of Laayoune. A communiqué made public last Wednesday by the public prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Laayoune affirmed that the young Hamdi Tarfaoui was "the victim of a murder". The alleged murderer mutilated his body, before taking it to his home and burying it in the patio. The prefectural service of the judicial police of Laayoune had stressed that the investigation conducted by the police services, supported by experts from the scientific and technical police, showed that the victim had been strangled inside a room he was renting with his executioner. According to sources close to the file, this crime was allegedly committed following "heated exchanges" between the protagonists "in relation, adds the police, with personal behaviours". The police succeeded in exhuming the body, following their investigations, as well as a certain number of his personal items. The alleged assassin was placed in police custody, on the instruction of the public prosecutor's office, before being brought to justice, after the closure of the investigation.

According to the same sources, the alleged murderer is from the city of Laayoune, without precise employment, and having been adopted by a woman. He enjoyed a good reputation among the neighbours who were surprised by the acts attributed to him. The elements of the judicial police of Laayoune discovered another corpse belonging to a young woman aged 25 and mother of a daughter, reported missing for more than 20 days at the same crime scene, more exactly in the same patio where Mr. Tarfaoui's body was found. The alleged murderer will be brought next week before the criminal chamber at the Court of Appeal of Laayoune and thus put an end to this affair which caused much fear among the population of Laayoune, who are not used to this kind of crime.