Suspected Jihadist Arrested in Morocco for Planning Tourist Site Attacks

According to the information available to the police, the accused had already put his plan into action and had previously inquired about the manufacture of explosives. He was planning to carry out terrorist attacks against tourist sites in Morocco.

The investigation that led to his arrest began at the end of 2020. Spanish agents noted the fervor with which the man glorified the perpetrators of the latest terrorist attacks carried out in Europe.

More in-depth investigations on this individual allowed the Spanish police to determine that he was in Morocco. This is how the information was transmitted to the Moroccan police services who located and arrested him in Tangier.