Morocco follows a comprehensive, inclusive, and multidimensional security approach to tackle terrorist threats, said Monday, an official at the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) Mohamed Nifaoui.
Following May 16, 2003, terrorist attacks in Casablanca, Morocco started to strengthen its security by adopting a comprehensive, inclusive and multidimensional security approach, based primarily on the consolidation of the legal arsenal and the modernization of security mechanisms to address terrorist threats, in compliance with the principles of security governance based on the respect of human rights, said Nifaoui during a national conference organized by the Moroccan Observatory on Extremism and Violence (OMEV) marking the 18th anniversary of May 16, 2003 events.
Since the terrorist attacks of May 16, 2003, which targeted five locations in Casablanca killing 45 people and injuring dozens, Morocco has come to realize that no country is immune to the threats posed by the phenomenon, he noted.
This proactive security approach, supported by legal legislation, has led to the dismantling of several terrorist cells and the foiling of several destructive operations, particularly after the emergence of the so-called Islamic State organization in the Syrian-Iraqi region and its cells in other parts of the world, he noted.
As a result, some 210 terrorist cells have been dismantled and 4,304 individuals arrested since 2002, and 88 cells with close links to terrorist groups have been dismantled since the beginning of 2013, in addition to aborting more than 500 destructive projects, he stressed.
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