Though official sources claimed that the general had committed suicide in response to the failure of the coup, his daughter, Malika Oufkir, writing in her book Stolen Lives, claims to have seen five bullet wounds in her father's body, all in positions not consistent with suicide.
Meski sumber-sumber resmi mengklaim bahwa jenderal bunuh diri karena gagal, putrinya, Malika Oufkir, menulis di bukunya yang berjudul Stolen Lives bahwa ia melihat lima luka tembak di jasad ayahnya dan posisinya tidak sesuai dengan posisi korban bunuh diri pada umumnya.