Tourist attacked in Ait Ben Haddou, Morocco by TOUR GUIDE 2016

On a recent trip to Morocco I made an excursion to Ait Ben Haddou & Ouzazarte booked via my hotel (Riad Abaka in Marrakech) alongside a fellow guest staying there.

When we arrived in Ait Ben Haddou the driver said to use a local 'guide' for a surcharge and meet back after two hours.
We decided we'd rather explore on our own and meet back at the exit point in the time instead as they usually just take you to shops to buy things to make a commission instead of exploring the sight.
We politely declined the guide and said we'll head to the exit point ourself while he shows the rest of the people who want his services so don't want to hold anyone up.

He then shouted saying we are making everyone late so again explained we are ok without a guided service- he then told the fellow passenger to either come with him or sit in the car- to which he declined as we paid for this excursion.
Then he said we must pay a sight entrance- which he said we are happy to do on entering the city at the ticket office..

It was then the 'guide' then assaulted the Russian tourist by violently pushing him and proceeded to pick up a log to attack him with further- it was only when other tourists who heard the entire incident asked what the hell he was doing that he dropped the log and walked off.

Having travelled to over 20 countries this is the first time I've ever seen anything like this and it's not an isolated incidence if you Google the sight.
Luckily as soon as he pushed the tourist I pressed record on my GoPro to capture the rest in full HD.

Morocco is a beautiful country but tourists must be made aware of things such as this for safety as it is completely unprovoked and unacceptable- when reported back to our Riad on arrival they weren't too fussed/ shocked until there was mention of this video which further shows this is not a rare occurrence.

As for the 'tour' - none of the other passengers were shown the top of the fort which is maximum a 10 minute walk nor interacted with any locals- just taken to shops and had their time wasted
- luckily we managed to do all of the above on our own!