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1st LD: IS planned series of terror attacks in Morocco: official

Xinhua, February 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

A top Moroccan intelligence official said Friday that the Islamic State (IS) planned a series of terror attacks in Morocco, including a suicide car bomb attack.

Deeming the busted terrorist cell on Thursday as "the most dangerous" cell dismantled in Morocco, the director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations, Abdelhak Khiame, told reporters that investigations revealed the members of this cell planned attacks against sensitive sites, including hotels, and high profile civil and military figures.

He said the suicide car bomb attack was planned to be carried out by a 16-year-old boy who received extensive training, adding that the seized weapon and ammunition were smuggled from Libya in close collaboration with IS leaders. Enditem