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- Anti-terrorism teams raided four separate areas in Tangiers
- Weapons, electronic equipment were seized during the raid
RABAT: Morocco on Monday arrested four suspects allegedly linked to Daesh who were plotting 鈥渄angerous and imminent terrorist鈥� attacks, the judicial police said.
The four Moroccan men, all in their 20s, were detained in the northern city of Tangiers during a raid in which police fired warning shots, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) said in a statement.
They were planning to 鈥渄estabilize security in the kingdom... through terrorist methods inspired by operations鈥� carried out by Daesh militants in Syria and Iraq, the statement added.
Bladed weapons and electronic equipment were also seized, it said.
抖阴短视频鈥檚 Ministry of Foreign Affairs praised the ability of the security authorities in Morocco to thwart dangerous and imminent terrorist plots and to dismantle the terrorist cell aimed at destabilizing the security and stability of Morocco.
The Ministry affirmed the Kingdom鈥檚 support for the measures taken by Morocco to achieve security and stability and to combat extremism and terrorism in all their forms, Saudi Press Agency reported.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) also praised the vigilance of the security authorities and said it stands with Morocco in all measures it takes to combat extremism and terrorism to preserve its security, stability and territorial integrity.
In September, authorities said they had dismantled a Daesh-linked cell and arrested five men accused of preparing suicide attacks against prominent figures and a security headquarters in Morocco.
At the time, BCIJ head Abdelhak Khiame told AFP in an interview that Daesh has 鈥渄eveloped鈥� in the Sahel-Sahara region due to conflict in Libya and in countries like Mali, which he said were unable to 鈥渃ontrol their security鈥� situations.
鈥淭errorist cells and terrorism are growing in the region, but also organized crime networks, drug trafficking, (and of) weapons and human beings,鈥� he said.
鈥淎ll of this... makes the Sahel region, in my opinion, a time bomb.鈥�
The Sahel covers western and north-central Africa.
(With AFP)