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Morocco arrests 5 suspects planning to join IS

Xinhua, March 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

Moroccan police announced on Monday that they have arrested five Islamic State (IS) linked suspects who were planning to join IS branch in Libya, the Moroccan Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The suspects, who were active in southern Morocco, were planning to go to Libya through Moroccan-Mauritanian borders with the help of traffickers in the region, it said.

The cell intended to declare "Jihad" in the Kingdom and one of its members was preparing a pressure cocker bomb to carry out a terrorist operation targeting public places, the same source added.

The suspects will be brought before justice after the completion of investigations.

Morocco has seen a growing threat from the IS group. The ministry said it has busted 31 terrorist cells since 2013 and foiled "numerous terrorist plans" targeting vital national, Arab and Western interests. Endit