The terrorist attacks of May 16, 2003 in Casablanca reminded Moroccans that their country was not immune to terrorism. The families of the victims of these tragic events are still demanding, 18 years later, that the truth about the identity of the sponsors of these attacks be finally revealed.
Two suspected jihadists, originally from Morocco, arrested in May 2020 in Bolaños de Calatrava (Spain), face three and a half years in prison. They will be informed of their fate next Tuesday.
The riots that broke out in Oujda and Jerada in 1948 following the proclamation of the independence of the State of Israel remain a poignant memory for many Israelis. Some of them are calling on the authorities of the country to consider their murdered relatives as victims of terrorism and are demanding reparations.
Cherkaoui Habboub , director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), deplores the lack of cooperation between Morocco and Algeria in the fight against terrorism. He alerts the eastern neighbor to the terrorist threat looming over the two countries.
A 26-year-old Moroccan prosecuted for "public apology for an act of terrorism" and "death threats" against three police officers in Verdun during his transfer on December 26, 2020 to the Metz prison was sentenced to 18 months in prison. This is the verdict handed down by the Bar-le-Duc criminal court.
The Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) would reproach the French intelligence services DGSE-DGSI for deliberately failing to recognize the decisive role it played in the operation to dismantle a terrorist cell in Béziers.
Morocco, through the DGST, enabled the Directorate General of Internal Security (DGSI) of France to arrest last Sunday in Béziers, five women including one of Moroccan origin. One of them is suspected of wanting to commit a violent act.
The agents of the special force of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) have referred the four members of the terrorist cell linked to Daesh dismantled in Oujda to the public prosecutor’s office.
The Daesh-linked jihadist cell recently dismantled in Morocco was planning to attack a border military post in order to provoke an armed conflict between the kingdom and Algeria.
The "Islamic State" group is increasingly becoming a major threat to African states. During the ministerial meeting of the International Coalition against Daesh, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita called for strengthening the capacities of states and sub-regional organizations.
The director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), Habboub Cherkaoui, provided more details on the operation to dismantle the Oujda terrorist cell . For him, there is no doubt that this terrorist cell, affiliated with Daesh and composed of 4 people who have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State, were planning to carry out terrorist actions in Morocco.
A terrorist cell affiliated with the Islamic State, composed of four extremists aged between 24 and 28 active in the city of Oujda, was dismantled this Thursday morning by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ). The dismantling of this terrorist cell and the thwarting of its imminent extremist plans were carried out thanks to close coordination between the DGST services and the American intelligence services.