Police snare 'terror cell'

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.