A statement by the Central Office of Judicial Research in charge of terrorism and major crimes said that the Moroccan authorities “provided accurate information and data to the competent Belgian authorities about a Belgian citizen of Moroccan origin suspected of involvement in incitement, planning and preparation of imminent terrorist projects.”
The statement, copies of which Reuters has seen, added that this information helped “the arrest of the suspect, who carries the nom de guerre, Abdullah al-Belgii, and put him in detention by the Belgian judiciary pending investigation and investigation in the context of terrorism and violent extremism cases.”
The statement indicated that the investigations revealed “the direct involvement of this person in inciting the implementation of imminent terrorist plans” and his coordination with the person whose detention the authorities announced on Wednesday in the Tata province in southern Morocco.
The authorities said that investigations proved that this person “incited the creation and formation of a local terrorist organization to carry out sabotage operations in Morocco, through contents in which the arrested person in Morocco specifies the method of recruitment and recruitment, and how to choose the background bases for training, as well as the projects and objectives to be targeted.”
Preliminary investigations also revealed that “this terrorist plot was aimed at attacking foreign citizens as well as officials in government and security sectors, targeting military and security headquarters using a car bomb… and attacking banking and banking agencies.”
On Wednesday, the authorities announced the arrest of a “ISIS supporter” who was planning attacks against foreigners in Morocco.