Piles of rubble left in street after deadly Morocco quake

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck central Morocco, killing at least 296 people, the country's interior ministry says.

The quake struck at 23:11 local time (22:11 GMT). There was a 4.9 aftershock 19 minutes later.

The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh, at a depth of 18.5km, the US Geological Survey said.

These pictures broadcast on state media show the damage in Marrakesh afterwards.

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