Four blasts had rocked the city of Smara in Morocco-controlled Western Sahara late on Saturday, October 28, killing one man and injuring three others, according to reports by the Moroccan local authorities.
The explosions had destroyed two houses, authorities had said in a statement, but further details had not been added.
The judicial police was looking into the source and nature of the projectiles that hit the residential area, judicial authorities said in a statement.
Morocco regards Western Sahara its own territory, but the Algerian-backed Polisario Front desires an independent state there.
Morocco has revealed that autonomy is the most it can offer to the territory as a political solution to the issue.
In November 2020, Polisario said it had recommenced its armed struggle.
Majority of the conflict was described by the UN as “low intensity”, and it happens mostly in the un-lived eastern part of the Morocco-built security wall.
The UN Security Council has meanwhile, encouraged the parties to the conflict to look for a mutually acceptable solution.
Israel was the newest country to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in July, a move that the U.S. made in 2020.
Twenty-eight other countries, including African and Arab have opened consulates in Dakhla or the city of Laayoune, in what Morocco has regarded as solid support for its rule.
