Morocco says Belgian national linked to Paris attacks arrested
- 8 years ago
Moroccan police have arrested a Belgian man of Moroccan descent linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and who had a "direct relationship" to attackers who carried out the Paris attacks just over two months ago, the Interior Ministry said Monday.
The man had traveled to Syria with one of the Paris suicide bombers, where he received military training and built relationships with ISIS field commanders, "including the mastermind" of the Paris attacks, and others who threatened attacks in France and Belgium, the ministry said in a statement.
The head of Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations, dubbed the 'Moroccan FBI', told the Associated Press in a recent interview that his country put French and Belgian police on the trail of the network behind the Paris attacks.
The most high-profile fugitive in the attacks is French national Salah Abdesalam, who has been the subject of an intense international manhunt since he slipped through the fingers of police in the days after the attacks.
The man had traveled to Syria with one of the Paris suicide bombers, where he received military training and built relationships with ISIS field commanders, "including the mastermind" of the Paris attacks, and others who threatened attacks in France and Belgium, the ministry said in a statement.
The head of Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations, dubbed the 'Moroccan FBI', told the Associated Press in a recent interview that his country put French and Belgian police on the trail of the network behind the Paris attacks.
The most high-profile fugitive in the attacks is French national Salah Abdesalam, who has been the subject of an intense international manhunt since he slipped through the fingers of police in the days after the attacks.