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Marrakech, Saturday 19 July, Najat Atabou, thirty minutes after his arrival on the scene Bab Ighli, was greeted by a hail of stones.

The undisputed star of the chaabi (music) had to leave the closing ceremony of the 43rd Edition of the national Festival of popular arts (FNAP) illico.

Shocked by this behavior, Najat Atabou refused to give any statements to the press on this public yet well allowing Nas El Ghiwane and Nabila Maan.

The local police and security officers have very well manage this crisis. They arrived to disperse the crowds in order to spawn a path to this famous singer.

Just calmly, elements of police with security officers managed to empty the place of Bab Ighli without damage.

During the six days that lasted this festival of popular arts, more than 100 security officers in addition to the presence of local police, intervened day and night to maintain security against theft, violence, the fire or sabotage.

Rachid El Mounacifi was the head of security in public scenes mounted to animate neighbourhoods and Badii Palace where took place the folklore show.

He explained that security agents were everywhere in sites where the FNAP nights took place. Some of them were only watching material existing in the 24 sites.

The head of Security said that should manage the input and output more of 120,000 people per night, including all the shows.

Indeed, in every early evening, a careful selection was adopted to sort than the public.

As artists, some of them were escorted from the hotel to the scene and the scene at the hotel, to ensure the smooth running of the rehearsals.

The equipment used by the agents was radio and metal detectors.

Thus, a code language was different every day, and officers had to "names - codes" which changed every night.

A decade of fighting on the scenes of "bab doukala", "me hamid" and "Sidi Youssef Ben Ali", without injured, was observed during this event.

Of course, an emergency plan was still available to predict the worst.

Each officer knew what to do when real hazards, sometimes for the public and artists sometimes.

It was a perfect harmony between private security agents and local police. These two elements, very active, were present, and each of them fulfilled its mission while knowing its own limits, and adopting an amazing collaboration.

Indeed, before each folk show and other shows on the public scene, exactly at 7 p.m., a briefing was mandatory insist on measures to be taken.

It including the closure of entry doors as soon as the number of 2000 seating Badii Palace was reached, the detection of possible problems people (drunk, drugged É), review invitations with great care, and finally, the five of the Badii Palace relief management.