MARRAKECH, Morocco — Morocco’s king confirmed solidarity together with his struggling nation Tuesday because it counts the lifeless from a strong earthquake, visiting among the injured at a hospital not removed from the epicenter and rolling up a sleeve to donate his royal blood.

King Mohammed VI inspected the hospital bearing his title within the metropolis of Marrakech, the place he inquired concerning the restoration companies and care being offered for these injured within the Friday evening temblor and the situations of survivors, the official MAP information company mentioned.

A video exhibits the king - whose public appearances are usually restricted to particular events - on the bedside of a number of sufferers, bending over a younger boy to bestow a kiss on his head and along side an older man.

In a stunning gesture, the bespectacled monarch was seen seated in a chair, coat off, suspenders displaying, and shirt-sleeve rolled up, together with his arm on the able to donate blood.

Blood donations have develop into a nationwide gesture of solidarity, with Moroccans lining up in Marrakech and different cities to donate blood for the injured.

The earthquake, with its epicenter within the Atlas Mountains, took the lives of greater than 2,900 folks - nearly all of them in mountain cities and villages - and injured greater than 2,000 others. As of Tuesday, greater than 240 of the injured had been being handled at hospitals within the Marrakech area.

The earthquake additionally broken components of the partitions that encompass Marrakech’s previous metropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage website constructed within the twelfth century. Videos confirmed mud billowing from components of the Koutoubia Mosque, one among Marrakech’s best-known historic websites. The metropolis can also be the location of one of many monarch’s royal palaces.

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