Morocco’s Central Office of Judicial Research (BCIJ) managed on Tuesday to dismantle a terrorist cell affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS), comprised of three members operating in Errachidia.
The operation led to the arrest of the “Emir” of the terrorist cell, as well as two other members, while searches of the suspects’ homes led to the seizure of techlogical equipment, USB storage sticks, mobile phones, paramilitary attire and many handwritten and printed manuscripts glorifying terrorist operations.
According to a statement by the BCIJ, the cell’s emir was actively recruiting followers of more traditional religious currents, and exploiting his shop as a place of worship as well as a space for planning the cell’s operations.
The three members of the terrorist cell were sharing extremist content online, the same source adds, documenting suicide operations carried out by ISIS all over the world as a means to fuel extremist ideology.
The three suspects were detained, as the BCIJ conducts their investigation under the supervision of the Public Prosecution in charge of terrorism cases.
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