Morocco: Attacks occur, Dutch member of this cell – AD.nl

The Moroccan authorities have broken up a terrorist cell, which may have wanted to carry out attacks in Morocco and the Netherlands. The terror suspect Mohamed B., who, since October stuck in our country, would also belong to the cell. His lawyer was stunned by the allegation.

The location of the training © AD.

A special unit of the Moroccan police arrested yesterday morning five persons, which together would form the Islamic State to unaffiliated terrorist cell. From the village Selouane, in northeastern Morocco, the five murders would have prepared for ‘people who IS against the ideals. “

According to the Moroccan Interior Ministry devised the five their plans during’ secret meetings’. Also they would have followed paramilitary training in forests around Selouane. A sixth member of the terrorist cell would be an illegal resident Dutch Moroccan. He maintained close ties with the detainees Selouane said the Moroccan authorities. It is the 27-year-old Mohamed B. who was arrested in October last year and since then stuck on a special terrorist department. He would have prepared for police and military attacks.

According to the Moroccan authorities is due to the arrest of B. information shared the Moroccan secret service with its Dutch counterpart GISS.

Bomb
B. was arrested after a report from the AIVD. But according to justice in the Netherlands came B. image when he searched the Internet information about making a bomb. Moreover, according to a spokesman for the National Office, “there really is no indication that this suspect is part of an IS-cell. ,, Our research focuses only on him. “

Although Justice sees no ties to any Moroccan terror cell, she considers Mohamed B. indeed a threat. Jihadist texts and a bomrecept ‘in the homes B. would together with statements on the Internet are proof that B. was planning an attack.

Bewildered
Like justice reacts lawyer Mohamed B. André Seebregts, bewildered by the assertion of the Moroccan authorities. He also denies that his client is a potential terrorist. From new file documents show according Seebregts Mohamed B. occurred on internet only as IS-warrior to impress girls.

B. buttoned through social media conversations with Muslim women. After he had drawn their attention with bold and flattering speech chats turned invariably on sex. Most Muslims had nothing to do with the advances of Mohamed B. but a few went well on that. In one case did the 27-year-old to get a woman so far that they not only took off her niqab, but also took off her other garments.

Forbidden
Seebregst also points to the fact that his client smokes and drinks, which is strictly forbidden in Islam. During a so-called pro forma session at the court in Rotterdam, the lawyer will today try Mohamed B. to get free.

The five suspects were arrested yesterday morning in Morocco, meanwhile sit still all fixed. And they are not the only terrorist suspects in the North African country. 2 weeks ago, was dismantled a suspected terrorist cell in the city of Fez, which would address the recruitment of IS-combatants. With some 1,500 jihadists Morocco is one of the purveyors of the Islamic terror group in Syria and Iraq.

Last month, the director of the Central Office for Legal Research known that since 2002, 132 terrorist cells are rolled . When anti-terrorist actions were more than 2,700 people were arrested. There were 276 attacks have been prevented.

The Moroccan authorities were unable to thwart any attack. Thus in 2003 suicide bombings in Casablanca, more than 45 people dead. An attack on a cafe in the tourist Marrakesh in 2011 took fifteen lives.