The Kingdom has aborted more than 500 dangerous terrorist attempts since 2002, revealed the Director of the Judicial Police at the General Directorate of National Security Mohamed Dekhissi on Tuesday.
Speaking at the opening of the International Conference on Chemical Security in Marrakech, Dekhissi said that the Moroccan proactive approach to combating terrorism and extremism enabled the dismantling of 214 terrorist cells between 2002 and 2021.
The dismantling operations ended with the trial of 4,304 people before justice, noting that 88% of the cells were linked to the Islamic State ISIS, which began to be dismantled in 2013, according to the data provided by the same security official.
Moroccan security services were able to arrest 10 members of an ISIS cell In 2016 who benefited from training abroad and were preparing to carry out terrorist acts using traditionally made explosive devices containing biological materials in the form of toxins, added the same source.
The conference is held with the aim to hold talks on the matter, finding solutions and increasing the capabilities of preventing the risks of improper access and use of chemicals, especially the aggressive use in criminal acts, especially terrorist attempts.
In his opening speech, Dekhissi said that the conference comes at a time of “multiple changes, challenges and threats to the security and safety of our countries, foremost of which is the terrorist threat that has left a number of victims in life and massive losses of property.”
The Director of the Judicial Police stressed that “the chemical threat remains very present, as nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical materials are within the reach of terrorist groups that seek to impose themselves and carry out their criminal projects, whether at the psychological, social or economic levels.”
The same security official stated that several countries experienced many terrorist incidents using chemical and biological materials that left a large number of victims.
He also referred in this regard to the events that occurred in Morocco in 2003, 2007, and 2011, which left dead, wounded, and lost property and had a negative impact on the psychological, social, and economic levels.
The World Conference on Chemical Security runs for 3 days, organized by the General Directorate of National Security and INTERPOL in coordination with the Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction of the G7, along with the participation of delegates from 75 countries and organizations.
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