The authorities of Morocco They stopped this Tuesday three suspected members of the Islamic Stateone of them in the city of Castillejosepicenter of the massive assault on Ceuta last Sunday, as reported by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) of the neighboring country, dependent on the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance.
The jihadists, aged 18 to 39, had in mind the attack commissioneven though Rabat did not detail the possible objectives. The BCIJ emphasizes that they had already begun training in the manufacture of explosive devices and pointed to acts of “individual terrorism.”
The jihadists had pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State with a view to acting in his name to “seriously threaten the safety of people and public order”, according to the investigation.
The arrests, in addition to Castillejostook place in the city of Fezin the north of the country and in the Rural Commune of Uled Ghanemin the province of El Jadida, as specified in the official note from the BCIJ collected by the MAP press agency.
The searches carried out at the homes of the three suspects resulted in the seizure of bladed weapons and manuscripts of an extremist nature, including one Emblem of the Islamic State engraved on a wooden panel, in addition to the electronic material which will be subject to the necessary digital expertise.
The suspects were handed over to the police under the supervision of the prosecution in order to clarify their terrorist plans and projects and to identify possible consequences with jihadist organizations abroad.
