Morocco arrests a man with close links to a recently dismantled terror cell

Investigations opened over the dismantling on Tuesday of a pro-ISIS terror cell in the cities of Casablanca, Mohammedia and Azilal led to the arrest Wednesday at El Hediane town in the rural commune of Skhour Rehamna (Rehamna Province) of a former detainee on terrorism charges for his close links with the cell's members and its terrorist schemes, the Interior Ministry said in a release.

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) dismantled, on Tuesday, a terror cell of six members in Casablanca, Mohammedia and Azilal, the release pointed out, adding that preliminary investigations revealed that the members of this cell planned to carry out terrorist acts in the Kingdom with the aim of proclaiming an ISIS-affiliated Wilaya. 

Investigations are underway with the seven people arrested under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor's office before being brought to justice, it said.