Moroccan security services arrested a suspected supporter of the Islamic State (IS) organization on Thursday and foiled a planned bombing in Morocco, in coordination with US intelligence agencies, police said on Friday (December 17th). counterterrorism (BCIJ).
“This interpellation is the crowning achievement
(...)
of the close coordination between the services of the DGST
(General Directorate of Territorial Security)
of the Kingdom of Morocco, the intelligence services and law enforcement agencies in United States, ”
the Central Bureau of Forensic Investigations (BCIJ) said without further details in a statement.
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The suspect arrested is
"an extremist partisan of the organization known as the
" Islamic State ", aged 24 and active in the region of Sala Al Jadida, north of Rabat, the statement said.
He was taken into custody as part of the investigation conducted by the BCIJ under the supervision of the anti-terrorism prosecution.
According to preliminary investigations, the man pledged allegiance to ISIS.
He would have planned to join camps of the jihadist group abroad
"before deciding recently to join a terrorist project in Morocco by using explosive devices
,
"
the statement added.
Following searches, the police seized electronic devices as well as materials and products that could be used in the preparation of explosives.
