Belgian authorities arrested earlier this week a Belgian citizen of Moroccan origin suspected of involvement in inciting, planning and preparing imminent terrorist projects.
The arrest was based on information provided by the General Directorate for the Surveillance of the National Territory (DGST), as part of Moroccan-Belgian security cooperation reinforcement.
According to a statement by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), “this information made available by the DGST to the Belgian security and judicial authorities allowed the arrest of the suspect, who was operating under the name of Abdellah Al-Beljiki, and his detention by the Belgian judiciary for the purposes of the investigation conducted in the context of terrorism and violent extremism”.
The Belgian citizen of Moroccan origin was found to be in direct involvement with an ISIS sympathizer who was arrested on March 02 in Foum Zquid in the vicinity of Tata.
The ISIS sympathizer has been allegedly involved in the preparation of a terrorist plot with cross-border ramifications, said the same source.
The investigations carried out up to this point have made it possible to detect a transfer in euros made by the detainee in Belgium to the suspect arrested in Morocco, at the beginning of March, as a first advance in the framework of progressive financing operations for the acquisition of compounds and chemical products used in the preparation and manufacture of explosives.
The investigations, supported by digital and technical expertise, revealed the involvement of the person arrested in Belgium in inciting the creation of a local terror organization to carry out subversive operations in Morocco.
The investigation also shows that the imminent targets of this terrorist plan include attacking foreign nationals, senior officials of government and security departments as well as military and security sites and prisons with a car bomb or a vehicle as part of individual terrorism operations.
The findings and technical expertise have revealed that the suspect arrested in Morocco has conducted three attempts to manufacture explosives from chemicals seized, and this in the farm of his family, located in the region of Foum Zquid, near Tata.
The investigations and inquiries conducted by the BCIJ are underway into this case under the supervision of the prosecutor’s office in charge of terrorism and extremism to determine the ramifications and national and international links of this terrorist project, the statement added.
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