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A member of the of the Central Office of Criminal Investigation (BCIJ) shows during a press conference by the BCIJ’s chief Abdelhak el-Khiam, ammunition and weapons seized by Moroccan authorities as they carried out raids against a “terrorist cell”, in the capital Rabat, on February 19, 2016. © AFP
Moroccan authorities have dismantled an ISIS terrorist cell, described as “the most dangerous” ever, which was planning attacks potentially involving chemical weapons. Among the arrested was a 16yo who had allegedly been trained to carry out a suicide bombing.
In a police raid on a “safe house” in El Jadida on Thursday, police arrested a 10-member cell and confiscated a large cache of weapons consisting of automatic machine guns, revolvers, and a rifle that were brought from Libya. An Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) flag was also reportedly seized in the raid.
Among those detained was one French national and a 16-year old teenager, who received training to carry out a suicide car bomb attack, Director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), Abdelhak Khiame, said at a press conference on Friday.
