The Moroccan Central Bureau for Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled, Tuesday morning, an ISIS-linked terror cell in the rural commune in the outskirts of Marrakech made up of four extremists aged between 22 and 28.
According to a statement issued by BCIJ said that the leader of this cell had intended to attack targets and sites in Morocco, adding that this man was planning to join the camps of the Islamic State in the Sahel region following contacts with a leader within this organization who asked him to join the ISIS combat camps in order to carry out training on the manufacture of explosive devices.
The same source added that investigations carried out revealed that the "emir" of this terrorist cell used his welding skills to manufacture bladed weapons and explosive devices. He also carried out tests for the preparation and use of these explosive materials, before acquiring chemicals to complete the manufacture of these devices as part of the preparation of his terrorist scheme inside the Kingdom.
The cell’s members have decided to attack vital establishments and security sites, in addition to identifying people to be killed using knives, according to the modus operandi specific to the ISIS terrorist group, the statement pointed out.
Research and investigations revealed that the members of this terrorist cell were intending to enroll children in order to spread out extremist thought through holding meetings with minors to indoctrinate them and teach them.
This security operation is part of the ongoing efforts in the fight against terrorism and extremist organizations that seek to undermine the security and the stability of the Kingdom, BCIJ noted in a statement.
