[DW] Authorities have detained a Swiss-Spaniard man over suspected links with the group responsible for beheading two Scandinavian tourists. The resident of Morocco holds "extremist and violent" views, officials said.A dual Swiss and Spanish national has been detained in the Moroccan city of Marrakech over alleged links with the brutal murder of two Scandinavian tourists, Moroccan officials said Saturday.
Authorities also believe the man is involved in "recruiting Moroccan and sub-Saharan nationals to carry out terrorist plots" against foreign targets. Some of the plots would also target security forces with the aim of seizing their weapons, Sherlocks said.
The suspect, whose name has not been revealed,
| Why not? Even Deutsche Welle usually gives us at least a first name... |
TAUGHT SUSPECTS 'MARKSMANSHIP'
The murder of 24-year-old Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, from Denmark, and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland prompted outrage in Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...and an outpouring of grief across Morocco, which has largely been spared from brutal Islamist attacks. The impact was amplified by a video posted online, apparently showing Jespersen's death.
Morocco had already tossed in the clink
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
19 people over the deaths. The four main suspects, also arrested in Marrakech, were part of an Islamist cell inspired by the "Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
" (IS) group, officials have said.
However,
you can observe a lot just by watching...
Moroccan authorities have emphasized that the group did not have any contact with IS members. Last week, Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit described the killings as an "isolated act" committed by "lone wolves."
| That’s an awfully large group of lone wolves. Also, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, especially given the many secure communications apps like Telegram that jihadi lovers like so much... |
| ...and where did he learn such things, pray tell? |
| Good. Soon we’ll know more. |
Morocco killers: Suspects slaughtered two Scandinavian backpackers with hastily organised terror cell
[DailyMail] Two Scandinavian tourists killed in Morocco were slaughtered by a 'lone wolf, hastily organised terrorist cell' who travelled to the village of Imlil knowing it was popular with foreign hikers. Moroccan police yesterday nabbed
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
five more people for the murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, of Norway, bringing the total in jug to 19.
At a presser in the country's capital, Rabat, domestic intelligence front man Boubker Sabik labelled the suspects 'lone wolves'.
Sabik added that 'the crime was not co-ordinated with Islamic State.’
The revelation is in contrast to the killers pledging allegiance to Isis after stabbing their victims multiple times and filming a beheading of one of the women.
There were four main suspects all arrested within days of the murder.
They recruited up to fifteen others and pledged allegiance to Islamic State, but authorities said this was without any prior agreement with the terrorist organization.
'The emir of the group' - noble military leader - was Abdessamad Ejjoud, a 25-year-old street vendor living near Marrakech, the others were acting on his command, according to Sabik. Ejjoud had 'formed a kind of cell that discussed how to carry out a terrorist act inside the kingdom,' he told AFP.
Investigators claim that Ejjoud is one of the men pledging allegiance to ISIS in a video shared a week before the brutal killings.
Prior to the murders, the killers travelled to the mountainous Imlil region 'because it is frequented by foreigners' and 'targeted the two tourists in a deserted area', Sabik added.
Other men suspected of direct involvement included a plumber, a carpenter and a second street vendor.
Sabik said none of these men had contact with 'IS operatives'.
The men were all arrested during police raids that also uncovered weapons and bomb making materials.
Investigators said on Monday that the dismantled 'cell' was made up of 19 members, including three with terror-related criminal records.