What the records say
- When
- 1981
- Kind
- Riot
- Deaths
- 1,000
- Coordinates
- 33.60° N, 7.62° W
- Description
- uprising in Moroccan society
1981 Moroccan riots
Uprising in Moroccan society
The 1981 Moroccan riots, also known as the Casablanca bread riots, broke out on June 20, 1981, in Casablanca, Morocco—a major event in the Years of Lead under Hassan II of Morocco. The revolt was driven by price increases in basic food supplies.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “émeutes du pain au Maroc”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page