Three Arrested in Morocco for Social Media Posts Urging Bus Vandalism

Three individuals are paying for their recklessness. They are suspected of having published calls on social networks, inciting to cause material damage to the fleet of new urban buses recently put into service in the cities of Rabat, Salé and Témara.

In posts on their personal "Facebook" accounts, the accused, aged 22 to 25, were as clear as possible in their calls to damage the new urban buses put into service recently by the operating company in the cities of Rabat, Salé and Témara, indicates the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).

The investigations carried out allowed the police to arrest them. Placed in custody, the defendants were subjected to a judicial investigation to determine the circumstances and motives of the criminal acts they are accused of.