Imlil murders : Morocco’s prosecutor seeks death sentence for the main suspects

Moroccan prosecutor in the Sale Appeal court sought, Thursday, death sentence for the three suspects, accused of murdering two Scandinavian tourists near Imlil, a village in the Atlas Mountains, Reuters reports.

The prosecutor demanded life imprisonment for the fourth suspect, who said that he was not with the three men on the day of the attack. He also demanded sentences ranging from 10 to 30 years in prison 20 other suspects tried in the case.

For the record, two of the main suspects admitted in a previous hearing that they beheaded Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway while a third one said that he filmed the act.

Described by the Moroccan authorities as «lone wolves», the three men said they had pledged allegiance to ISIS, indicating that they had shared the video of the attack with ISIS sympathizers.