RABAT: Morocco has begun an investigation into the death of a French-Moroccan after he and another Moroccan on jet skis were shot dead by the Algerian coast guard, media reports said on Friday.
The French Foreign Ministry in Paris reported only one death without providing the circumstances, saying another of its citizens had been jailed in 鈥渁n incident involving several of our nationals.鈥�
In Morocco, the prosecutor鈥檚 office began investigating the death of one of the young men 鈥渁fter the discovery of his body on the beach at Saidia,鈥� the Al-Omk website reported.
Bilal Kissi was buried on Thursday in Bni Drar village near Oujda, a city bordering Algeria, images obtained by AFP showed.
He and his brother Mohammed, their Moroccan cousin Abdelali Mechouar and their friend Smail Snabe, also said to be French-Moroccan, had left Saidia on jet skis on Tuesday.

Saidia is a popular summer seaside resort near the border with Algeria and is known for its long beach and water sports.
鈥淲e got lost but we kept going until we found ourselves in Algeria,鈥� Mohammed Kissi was quoted as saying by Al-Omk
on Thursday.
鈥淲e knew we were in Algeria because a black Algerian dinghy came toward us鈥� and those on board 鈥渇ired at us.鈥�
After the shooting, Mohammed Kissi was able to get back to Morocco and report what had happened.
Mechouar鈥檚 body is still in Algeria, Moroccan media said, adding that Snabe had been wounded and was being detained by the authorities there.
鈥淲e buried a brother and want Abdelali鈥檚 body back. He鈥檚 our cousin,鈥� a video released by Al-Omk showed a cousin of Bilal Kissi as saying.
鈥淭hese young people weren鈥檛 involved in drugs and they hadn鈥檛 stolen anything. They are of good standing and were only here on a family holiday鈥� from France where they worked, the
cousin said.
鈥淥ne (of those who died) left two children, the other a daughter,鈥� he added.
Mohammed Kissi told authorities on his return to Moroccan waters that the four jet skiers had got lost and had run out of fuel.
There has been no official comment from either Algeria or Morocco about the incident which comes against a backdrop of increased tensions exacerbated by their antagonism over the disputed territory of Western Sahara.