Morocco says arrested 12 suspected jihadists

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Morocco says arrested 12 suspected jihadists

Moroccan authorities said Wednesday they had arrested 12 suspects in a "highly dangerous terror plot" linked to the Islamic State - Sahel Province jihadist group. In a joint statement, the General Directorate of National Security and the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance said they had foiled the plot with simultaneous arrests across nine cities, including Tamesna near the capital Rabat. They alleged that the 12 suspects, all of th…

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The Moroccan police announced that they had dismantled a cell affiliated with the Islamic State in the Sahel group, which was preparing to carry out attacks on Wednesday, 19 February. Twelve people were arrested during a large net shot carried out simultaneously in several regions of the kingdom.

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Twelve people were arrested during the large-scale police operation. The operation was carried out simultaneously in nine different Moroccan cities.

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The powerful Directorate-General for the Supervision of the Territory (DGST), the internal intelligence services of Morocco, has been surprised by the emergence of the phenomenon of jihadist indoctrination within families, which breaks the model of the lone wolf captured through the Internet. The arrest, at the end of January, of a group of three brothers and a fourth member captured from the Sahel by an armed group linked to the Islamic State s…

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The Moroccan authorities have been grappling with a new coup against terrorism by dismantling a cell linked to the Islamic State (ISIS, Daesh) in the Errachidia region. The operation, carried out on the eastern shore of Wadi Gir in Tal Mazil, as well as in Wadi Al-Naam in Boudnib, led to the seizure of a large shipment of weapons hidden in a mountainous area. Security services had moniterated the region for weeks, combining field data with techn…

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Rabat (Al-Ittihad) Morocco announced yesterday the thwarting of a “very dangerous terrorist plot” and the arrest of 12 people in nine cities. The General Directorate of National Security said in a statement: “In light of accurate intelligence information, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations was able to thwart a very dangerous terrorist plot targeting Morocco, with direct orders and incitement from a prominent leader in the ISIS organiz…