(AFP) Moroccan and Spanish authorities have broken up a jihadist cell linked to the Islamic State group and arrested its three members in a joint operation, Morocco’s security services said Wednesday.
One of the “extremist elements” was arrested by special forces from Morocco’s DGST domestic intelligence agency in the rural southern region of Chtouka Ait Baha, the country’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) said in a statement.
Two other members of the cell were arrested by Spanish authorities in Almeria, in the European country’s southeast, said the BCIJ, which oversees counter-terrorism operations.
Approached by AFP, a police source in Spain confirmed the Moroccan statement but did not give further details.
