Moroccan authorities said on Monday they had arrested 10 people, including a minor, involved in foiled "terrorist plots" across several cities. The kingdom's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) said in a statement carried by state news agency MAP that the suspects were linked to ISIS in the Sahel region, AFP reported. Simultaneous raids were carried out in several cities, including Casablanca and Agadir, to foil the "extremely dangerous" plots which were "in an advanced stage of preparation", the authorities said. Searches uncovered "manuscripts detailing the manufacture of explosive devices" and recordings of a pledge of allegiance to IS, the statement said. In Inezgane, near Agadir, police also discovered a vehicle with its "fuel tank modified to run on butane gas", meant for a "suicide bombing or a car-ramming attack", the statement added.
