The Belgian federal prosecutor's office announced on Thursday January 20 that it had opened an investigation into "
attempted murder in a terrorist context
" after the stabbing of a Belgian national on Saturday in Agadir, Morocco.
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On Wednesday evening, the French anti-terrorist justice had opened an investigation into the "
assassination
" of a French tourist in Morocco, the same day.
The two facts were attributed to the same suspect by the Moroccan police who suspect "
a terrorist motive for the crime
".