Moroccan authorities dismantle a terror cell in Tinghir and Errachdia

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) announced Monday, June 3, that it has dismantled a terrorist cell linked to ISIS in Tinghir and Errachidia.

In a communiqué relayed by MAP, BCIJ said that the members of the cell «were plotting a terrorist attack in the Kingdom».

Arrestation des membres d'une cellule terroriste affiliée à «#Daech», dans les villes d'Errachidia et Tinghir, qui étaient en train de préparer des attaques terroristes dans le Royaume (BCIJ)

— Agence MAP (@MAP_Information) 3 juin 2019

Investigators revealed that the three extremists, aged between 26 and 28 years old, were engaged in the propaganda of ISIS and its extremist speeches, while attempting to recruit other fighters to join their plots.

The defendants were remanded in police custody and an investigation was opened by the authorities, the same source concluded.