Morocco’s King Pardons Salafist Terrorist Linked to Bin Laden After 19 Years in Prison

According to information relayed by the Al Oumk website, Mohamed Chatbi, who had been arrested along with his brother Kamal, would have been released for health reasons. He was pardoned on Sunday after spending 19 years in the Oukacha prison in Casablanca.

In 2000, the Salafist Mohamed Chatbi had left Spain for Afghanistan, where he had fought alongside jihadists. In 2001, he had met the former Al Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden.

The jihadist was one of the nine terrorists involved in the Casablanca attacks who had managed to escape from the Kenitra prison in 2008. They were arrested a few weeks after their escape.