Police snare 'terror cell'
Publish date: 16 October 2017
Issue Number: 747
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: Morocco
Moroccan police this weekend arrested 11 members of an 'extremely dangerous terrorist' cell linked to Isis and seized chemical products used to make bombs. The Interior Ministry issued a statement saying the suspects were active in the cities of Fez, Meknes and Casablanca as well as in the central town of Khouribga. A report on the News24 site notes that Morocco has been spared deadly jihadist attacks since a 2011 bombing in Marrakesh's famed Jamaa El Fna Square that killed 17 people. However, the authorities are now regularly announcing the dismantling of Isis cells.
