Morocco Intelligence Dismantled Terrorist Cell Coordinating with Daesh

Rabat – As part of proactive efforts to deal with terrorist threats, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) under the Directorate General of monitoring the country dismantled Tuesday a terrorist cell of 8 members who were active in Tangier, Bouznika, Khouribga, and Taounate, and had pledged allegiance to the alleged calif of the “Islamic state,” said a statement from the Interior Ministry.

According to the same source, leaders in the field of this organization had coordinated with the head of cell to house fighters “Daech” who received intensive training on the manufacture of explosives and gang warfare in camps the organization before being provided with foreign passports to constitute a “brigade” who conducts a series of terrorist attacks in the Kingdom, based on the predetermined plan by the “EI” on the Syrian and Iraqi territories .

According to the agenda of the “Islamic State”, this project was the killing of security officials and the attack of sensitive sites, terrorizing citizens and destabilize the kingdom, the statement added, noting that in the same context, The investigations revealed links between cell members and former al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan, as well as involvement in the terrorist plot against the Kingdom of female elements having stayed in hotbeds of tension before to declare allegiance to “Daech”.

The suspects will be brought to justice by the end of the investigation under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor.