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• Prosecutors Seek Trial for Key Suspect in 2015 Paris Terror Attacks
  1 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member of the commando units and four alleged members of the Franco-Belgian jihadist cell behind the November 13, 2015 attacks are targeted by 562-page requisitions, reports AFP. These attacks had left 130 dead. According to the same source, the investigating judges are now called upon to make the final decision on the outlines of this extraordinary trial, scheduled for 2021 in Paris.
  Salah Abdeslam, who has been detained in France for more than three and (…)

• ISIS Supporter Arrested in Morocco, Foiling Planned Suicide Attack in Meknes
  16 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  While planning a suicide attack, an ISIS supporter was arrested in Meknes last Saturday. This is the result of a joint operation carried out by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) and the judicial police services of Meknes.
  The man arrested in Meknes is a 41-year-old extremist, a supporter of the "Islamic State" group, who is active in the same city, according to the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) in a statement.
  According to the same source, the (…)

• Belgian Mothers Unite: Jihadist’s Parent and Terror Victim’s Mom Pen Book for Social Change
  28 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  Fatima Ezzarhouni, 48, and Sophie Pirson, 61, respectively the mother of a radicalized person and the mother of a victim of the double attack carried out on March 22, 2016, have been looking in the same direction, with the same acuity, since their meeting in 2018. They are looking for a publisher for a book they are preparing in order to bring about qualitative change in society.
  After the pains and resentments, the time has come to write a book. The Belgian-Moroccan, Fatima Ezzarhouni, (…)

• Algeria Demands Apology from Morocco as Condition for Reopening Borders
  25 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has stated that Rabat’s apologies to Algiers are a sine qua non condition for the reopening of land borders with Morocco.
  As a candidate in the December 2019 presidential election, Abdelmadjid Tebboune declared that he could "review the Algerian-Moroccan relations in the event that Morocco apologizes to the Algerian people, whom it accused of being the sponsor of the attack perpetrated in 1994 at the Asni hotel in Marrakech, and having followed (…)

• Suspect in 2019 Bayonne Mosque Attack Dies in French Prison
  29 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  The octogenarian Claude Sinké, the alleged perpetrator of the attack on the Bayonne mosque, died in prison. He was in pre-trial detention at the Mont-de-Marsan prison since October 30, 2019.
  According to the public prosecutor, Claude Sinké’s death is linked to a "sudden deterioration in his health condition". Taken to the emergency room in Mont-de-Marsan on Wednesday, February 26, the alleged perpetrator of the Bayonne mosque attack died shortly after 9 p.m., he reports. An investigation, (…)

• Quebec Mosque Attack Survivor Aids Seniors During Pandemic Crisis
  21 April 2020, by Sylvanus

  Saïd Akjour, a survivor of the attack on the Grand Mosque of Quebec, which occurred on January 29, 2017, is helping the elderly during this period marked by a global health crisis.
  "That I can go out and go to work, I feel lucky. I can be useful. I try to spend time with these seniors who cannot see their loved ones. I try to help those who are relearning to walk. It brings me inner well-being," Saïd tells La Presse by phone. For 10 years, this Moroccan living abroad (MRE) has been (…)

• French Terror Suspect Hayat Boumeddiene Reportedly Alive in Syrian Camp, New Investigation Launched
  16 May 2020, by Sylvanus

  A young French jihadist, arrested upon her return to France, claims to have crossed paths with Hayat Boumeddiene, 31, in the Syrian camp of Al-Hol, controlled by Kurdish forces. A new terrorist investigation is now targeting the companion of Amedy Coulibaly, the author in 2015 of the deadly hostage-taking at the Hyper Cacher store in Porte de Vincennes.
  According to a source close to the investigation, the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) opened a new preliminary (…)

• Nice Attack Investigation Concludes: Judges to Decide on Terrorism Trial for 8 Suspects
  25 May 2020, by Sylvanus

  The French anti-terrorism judges are expected in the so-called Nice attack case, whose perpetrator was Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Franco-Tunisian. It is up to them to make a decision concerning the eight suspects charged in this case.
  At the end of April, the anti-terrorism judges notified the parties of the end of the investigations, reports Le Parisien. This implies that they will have to decide whether the eight suspects charged were aware of a terrorist project or (…)

• Spanish Prosecutors Seek Decades-Long Sentences for 2017 Barcelona Attack Suspects
  27 July 2020, by Sylvanus

  The Spanish prosecutor’s office has requested sentences ranging from 8 to 41 years in prison against three jihadists for their involvement in the attacks perpetrated on August 17 and 18, 2017 in Barcelona and Cambrils. Their trial will open in the next few days.
  It is through a document obtained by AFP that the media were informed of the sentences requested against the three terrorists. The toll of this double attack was 16 dead, 140 injured. The Spanish prosecutor’s office has requested (…)

• Moroccan National Killed in Libyan Terrorist Attack, Red Crescent Assists Burial
  18 August 2020, by Kamal

  A Moroccan national died last week in a terrorist attack claimed by an armed group. The Libyan Red Crescent in Zintan had to intervene to facilitate the burial of the remains.
  The funeral ceremony of the victim, whose body still bore traces of violence, was organized by the Libyan Red Crescent center, reports Alyaoum24, which specifies that the identity of the victim was revealed thanks to fingerprints.
  In the absence of a Moroccan diplomatic representation in Libya and a local (…)