Morocco foils ISIS -backed terror plot, 12 suspects arrested

Based on intelligence provided by Morocco’s General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), an operation carried out Wednesday morning across the cities of Laayoune, Casablanca, Fez, Taounate, Tangier, Azemmour, Guersif, Oulad Tayma, and Tamsna, in the suburbs of Rabat, resulted in the arrest of 12 people. Items found in the various locations included four modified gas canisters filled with nails and chemical substances and a pressure cooker homemade explosive device. Also, security forces seized bladed weapons, two imitation firearms, an ISIS logo wall drawing, as well as various electronic devices, an undisclosed sum of U.S. dollars, and documents containing detailed surveillance of potential targets.