Judicial police in Safi arrested Thursday an extremist who is suspected of planning and preparing to execute a terrorist plot aimed at the state.
The suspect had declared his allegiance to the emir of the ISIS organization and was actively involved in identifying targets for his criminal scheme, according to a communiqué from the Central Bureau for Judicial Research.
The police were able to apprehend the suspect thanks to accurate information provided by the services of the General Directorate of National Territorial Surveillance.
The suspect was monitoring and identifying targets for his criminal plot, which involved using individual terrorism methods to target public officials.
Upon searching the suspect’s residence, a videotape was discovered in which he allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and expressed his intention to join the organization’s fighting camps.
The suspect is currently undergoing research procedures conducted by the Central Office for Judicial Research under the supervision of the Public Prosecution in charge of terrorism and extremism cases. Once these procedures are completed, the suspect will be brought to justice.
A thousand thanks to the men and women of BCIJ and all the parties that watch over the security in our country (the Moroccans who joined ISIS and the hotbeds of tension are difficult to return, and we must be very careful because of what they imbibed of extremist ideology and knowledge of methods of sabotage and killing) we must be very careful and citizens must inform the security authorities of any suspicious movements It is a matter of the security of the Moroccan people and the security and reassurance of the citizens, especially since God afflicted us with bad neighbors in the east of the kingdom and a spiteful military regime that harbors hostility to us and our monarchy. May God protect the Moroccan people from all evil. And may God protect the kingdom from the terrorist Polisario militias.