The Moroccan and Spanish police have dismantled a cell affiliated with the Islamic State made up of three folks prepared to commit assaults and who wished to hitch stated group within the Sahel, one in every of them arrested in southern Morocco and the opposite two in Almería.
As reported right now by the Central Office of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ, Moroccan anti-terrorism physique) in a press release launched by the official MAP company, the detainees would have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and “confirmed their willingness to participate in terrorist operations, within the absence of becoming a member of to Daesh strongholds within the Sahel area”.
The observe, which doesn’t specify once they had been arrested, signifies that these folks had been engaged in spreading and selling extremist concepts to recruit followers to the ranks of the Islamic State.
The alleged jihadists maintained, he provides, hyperlinks with members of the jihadist group devoted to recruiting and facilitating the entry of followers to the African Sahel zone, the place the Islamic State has a powerful and rising presence.
The arrest of the alleged terrorist residing in Morocco occurred within the province of Chtouka Ait Baha, positioned south of Agadir, and within the search of his dwelling the Moroccan authorities discovered laptop gear, a pointy piece of steel, a hood and manuscripts apologizing for of the Islamic State.
This particular person was taken into police custody in Morocco and is topic to a judicial investigation underneath the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office in control of circumstances of terrorism and extremism. Regarding the 2 detainees in Spain, the observe from the Moroccan anti-terrorism physique signifies that the competent Spanish authorities will perform the required investigations.