Rabat (Antara Bali) - Morocco said Thursday it had arrested two jihadists were planning an attack on banks and multinational corporations in the North African country and in France.
The interior ministry statement said a French and Franco-Moroccan was arrested on Monday, has also been planning to join jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
It is said that they are using the Internet to push "the individual terrorist acts in Morocco and France", citing preliminary results of the investigation.
Both men were motivated by the actions of the Red Mohamed, a French-Algerian nationals were killed by French police in March 2012 after killing seven people, including several children in a Jewish school.
Ministry statement said a double berwargakenegaraan arrested has brought out several loans on the French and Moroccan banks to finance their activities.
It said the couple were arrested in Kenitra north because they were "busy collecting ranks terrorist organization called Daesh", the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State organization, he said.
The prisoner, identified only by their initials, were "engaged in jihad activism" by translating and disseminating press releases and video recordings "terrorism IS", state news agency MAP.
He added that "the extremists from Algeria" was also arrested on Monday in the northern city of Fez, and that he "plans to join his wife," a Moroccan who had joined the IS. (MFD)
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It said the couple were arrested in Kenitra north because they were "busy collecting ranks terrorist organization called Daesh", the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State organization, he said.
