Moroccan police thwart 'dangerous terrorist act', arrest 12
ALBAWABA - Moroccan security services announced the arrest of 12 people amid accusations of planning to carry out a "very dangerous terrorist act" in the country, The General Directorate for National Security stated on Wednesday. Also Read Morocco is in the center of a serious bombing terror plot
The statement also read that 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 of the ISIS organization in the African Sahel region.
Local media added that the security operation was carried out simultaneously in the cities of Laayoune, Casablanca, Fez, Taounate, Tangier, Azemmour, Guercif, Ouled Tayma and Tamesna on the outskirts of Rabat, and resulted in the arrest of 12 extremists aged between 18 and 40, who pledged allegiance to the terrorist organization ISIS and were involved in preparing and coordinating the implementation of dangerous terrorist projects.
إحباط مخطط إرهابي بالغ الخطورة كان يستهدف المغرب، بتكليف وتحريض مباشر من قيادي بارز في تنظيم "داعش" بمنطقة الساحل الإفريقي، وتوقيف 12 متطرفا بمدن العيون والدار البيضاء وفاس وتاونات وطنجة وأزمور وجرسيف وأولاد تايمة وتامسنا. pic.twitter.com/8EC0GdRj9E — DGSN MAROC (@DGSN_MAROC) February 19, 2025
At the same time, the statement added, policewomen and policewomen from the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations evacuated the residents of apartments near the places of intervention, to ensure their safety and to consolidate their security, as a preventive measure to avoid all risks and threats that may threaten them.
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