Morocco quake death toll reaches 1,037 -state TV

The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco has risen to 1,037, state television quoted the Interior Ministry as saying on Saturday.

More than 1,200 people were injured in the magnitude 7.2 quake in Morocco's High Atlas mountains late on Friday night, it added.

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