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Morocco arrests five alleged members of the Islamic State who planned attacks in the country


  • Authorities investigate whether lone wolves had links to jihadist cells

The Moroccan authorities five suspects have been arrested lone wolves of Islamic State that they prepared terrorist actions individuals against military barracks, police stations and government buildings in the country, as well as against members of the public forces, administration and banks.

As reported this Wednesday in a statement by the Central Office of Judicial Investigations – the Moroccan anti-terrorist body – the arrests took place in a operation carried out simultaneously in various places: Kenitra, north of Rabat; Larache, between Kenitra and Tangier; Tarudant, in the south of the country near Agadir; Souihla, near Marrakech, and Souk El Sabt and Ouled El Nama, in the Beni Mellal region of central Morocco.

The arrested have between 21 and 44 years old and are suspected of participating in the planning and preparation of “subversive projects, in the context of the so-called individual terrorist operations“. In the searches of their homes, the agents seized knives and electronic equipment, which will now be analyzed to reveal their content, as well as manuscripts in which glorifies the Islamic Stateincluding one with inventories of materials and preparations for make explosives.

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The documents also praise the methods of murder and mutilation of corpses of Islamic State, while members of society and representatives of public authorities are declared unfaithful and the money collected for terrorism is given legal status. From what was seized, it can be concluded that the detainees had already detailed their terrorist targets individuals using the techniques of the lone wolves of the Islamic Stateaccording to information from the Moroccan Central Office of Judicial Investigations.

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Among those targets, they planned to attack military and security barracks and government facilities, as well as murder to members of the moroccan public forces and government representatives. The suspected terrorists also targeted Bank entities to ensure financial support for their cause, indicates the anti-terrorist office, which does not detail when the arrests took place but does say that those arrested are in the custody of the specialized Prosecutor’s Office, which is now trying find out if they had links to cells jihadists inside or outside of Morocco.


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