Moroccan lawmaker shot dead outside Casablanca home

A Moroccan lawmaker was shot dead in front of his home on Tuesday night in Casablanca in what appeared to be a personal dispute.Abdellatif Mirdas, 53, member of parliament for the liberal Constitutional Union Party, was shot three times in his car, according to a police statement carried by MAP state news agency.It said he had threatened Mirdas over a "personal dispute of a private nature".