First Incident of Its Kind in Fez in 5 Years: How the Wilaya’s Strict Screening Revoked Hundreds of Hunting Rifle Licenses

FEZ (FesNews Media) — The tragic domestic shooting in the Ain Amir neighborhood of Fez on Wednesday afternoon—in which a 59-year-old building contractor fatally shot his 52-year-old wife with a hunting rifle before taking his own life amid a divorce dispute—has highlighted the remarkable track record of the preemptive screening policy enforced by the Wilaya of the Fez-Meknes Region, which kept the city of Fez completely free of licensed hunting rifle homicides over the past five years.

Since 2022, the Wilaya of Fez-Meknes (Internal Affairs Division) has enforced a comprehensive audit of firearm license holders, revoking nearly 300 licenses in a single wave due to financial and social discrepancies and barring any applicant or holder with prior police reports—even minor neighborhood disputes—wherever signs of impulsiveness or lack of self-control were detected.