Rabat – The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) in coordination with Spanish security services dismantled,on Wednesday, a terror cell composed of two pro-ISIS individuals in the northern cities of Tetouan and Fnideq, said the Interior Ministry.
This operation coincides with the arrest of two accomplices of the suspects residing in Spain, as part of Moroccan-Spanish strategic security partnership aiming to combat increasing terrorist threats and preserve world peace and security, said the Ministry in a statement.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the members of this terror cell have close relations with fighters in the Syrian Iraqi territory as part of coordination to recruit and send volunteers for jihad in the ranks of ISIS, the same source added.
The two suspects will be brought before justice after the completion of the investigation, conducted under the competent public prosecutor’s office.
With MAP
