Investigate the "terrorist motive" in the murder of two tourists in Morocco

Moroccan police focus on a "terrorist motive" in the investigation into the killing of two Scandinavian tourists in southern Morocco following the arrest of three new suspects in Marrakech Thursday. The Moroccan government spokesman, Mustapha Khalfi, spoke Thursday of a "criminal and terrorist act" at a press conference.

In total, the security forces arrested four men in Marrakech after the discovery of the body of (19659004) The first suspect linked to "an extremist group" was arrested the second. On Thursday (20), police announced the arrival of the first of two Danish and Norwegian tourists in the High Atlas Valley, an area popular with visitors and mountaineers. arrested three other suspects after the issuance of a search warrant in the morning, police said.

The investigation attempts to "verify the mobile of the terrorist, based on evidence and information from the investigation," explained the Central Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCIJ), a unit of elite police investigating the case. Moroccan agents badyzed "a video broadcast on social networks and presented as the scene of the killing of one of the two tourists," said the prosecutor of Rabat in a statement.

The Danish secret service also said Thursday.

Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 24-year-old Danish student, and her Norwegian friend, 28-year-old Maren Ueland, embark on an adventure

Their bodies were found Monday after being killed in the camp outdoor where

One of the two young women would have been beheaded, according to a source close to the investigation.

Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen denounced "a barbarous crime", while Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg condemned "a brutal and senseless attack on innocent people".

The spokesman of the Moroccan government highlighted the "efforts" of the security services in the fight against terrorism and congratulated "those who, in record time, were able to arrest the (alleged) perpetrators" of the double murder .

According to information obtained by AFP, the Moroccan police seriously consider the "terrorist motive".

"The trail of radical Islam has not been ruled out because of the profile of the suspect and three other wanted men … who have ties to the radical Islamist milieu," he said. AFP a source close to the investigation.

The three men arrested Thursday are from Marrakech and one of them has a criminal record "linked to acts of terrorism," according to information obtained by AFP.