Morocco Arrests Six Suspected ISIS Terrorists

By Reuters
October 24, 2017 Last Updated: October 24, 2017
Police officers take part in an anti-jihad operation in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, on Sept. 6, 2017. Police in Spain and Morocco have arrested six members of a suspected terror cell who were preparing "large-scale attacks", officials in both countries said. (BLASCO DE AVELLANEDA/AFP/Getty Images)

RABAT–Moroccan authorities said on Monday they had arrested six suspected ISIS terrorists who had been planning attacks.

The arrested belonged to a group linked to ISIS that was dismantled this month. The group had been active in eight towns and cities, and had planned terrorist operations, an official statement said.

One of the six arrested was an expert in explosives, the statement said.

Eleven other militants had already been arrested earlier this month.

Moroccan authorities say they have dismantled dozens of jihadist cells since 2002, including about 50 with alleged links to ISIS.