Monday, January 18, 2016

Morocco Arrests Belgian with ’Direct Links’ to Paris Attackers

Morocco said Monday it had arrested a Belgian man of Moroccan descent who it said was directly linked with some of those behind the "jihadist" attacks in Paris in November.

The interior ministry said in a statement that the suspect, arrested on Friday in the town of Al-Muhammadiyah near Casablanca, had "direct links with some" of the Paris attackers and had travelled to Syria where he joined the ISIL group.
 Source: Agencies - almanar.com.lb

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  1. A BELGIAN man with “direct links” to the horrific terror attacks in Paris in November has been arrested in Morocco...

    The North African country’s Interior Ministry said the suspect, arrested on Friday in the port city of Al-Muhammadiyah near Casablanca and Rabat, had “direct links with some” of the Paris attackers.

    The statement said the man, of Moroccan descent, had travelled to Syria along with one of the suicide bombers who blew himself up in the northern Paris district of Saint-Denis near the Stade de France national stadium.

    While in Syria the suspect, who was not named, initially joined Al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate, Al-Nusra Front, before linking up with the Islamic State group, which claimed the Paris attacks.

    During his stay in Syria he took military training and made connections with IS commanders, including “the mastermind of the terrorist attacks in the French capital,” the statement said.

    The suspect had entered Morocco via The Netherlands, after travelling from Syria through Turkey, Germany and Belgium, the statement said.

    The statement identified the suspect only by the initials J.A., and didn’t explain his suspected relationship to the Paris attackers

    Prosecutors in France have identified the alleged planner of the November Paris attack as Belgian national Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who was killed in a shootout with police days after the onslaught.

    Moroccan intelligence helped put French investigators on the trail of Abaaoud.....http://www.news.com.au

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  2. Attentats de Paris: l'enquête se poursuit au Maroc après l'arrestation de Casablanca...

    Les autorités marocaines poursuivent leur enquête avec un Belge d'origine marocaine "lié directement" aux auteurs des attentats de Paris, qui a été arrêté la semaine dernière près de Casablanca.

    Alors que l'enquête sur ces attaques se concentre plus que jamais en Belgique, le Maroc a annoncé lundi l'arrestation d'un Belge d'origine marocaine. Le Belge, identifié par ses seules initiales, a été arrêté le 15 janvier dans la ville d'al-Mohammadiya, près de Casablanca, a précisé le ministère de l'Intérieur à Rabat dans un communiqué.

    Il est "lié directement à certains auteurs des attentats de Paris" qui ont fait le 13 novembre 130 morts et ont été revendiqués par le groupe jihadiste Etat islamique (EI), a ajouté le texte.

    Selon l'enquête marocaine, ce Belge s'est rendu en Syrie avec l'un des kamikazes qui s'est fait exploser dans la région de Saint-Denis. Il a rejoint dans un premier temps le Front Al-Nosra, la branche syrienne d'Al-Qaïda, avant d'être enrôlé par l'EI, a ajouté le ministère.

    Durant son séjour en Syrie, il s'est entraîné au maniement des armes et a établi des liens avec des commandants de l'EI, dont "le cerveau des attaques terroristes dans la capitale" française, selon le texte.

    D'après l'enquête marocaine, le Belge a quitté ensuite la Syrie pour la Turquie puis s'est rendu en Allemagne et en Belgique avant d'arriver au Maroc via les Pays-Bas...AFP...rtl.be

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