Murder of tourists in Morocco: police believe in a pseudo decapitation video

The video recording of the assassination in Morocco of one of the two Scandinavian tourists, broadcast on social networks, is very plausible.

Students Maren Weland and Louise Westergaster Espersen were found Monday in a popular tourist destination in the Atlas Mountains

In the video, some men claim that the murder of women was avenged by the loss of control of the militants of the "Islamic State" Syrian city of Hajin

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Moroccan police announced that four men arrested this week appeared in a separate propaganda video for the killing of tourists.

Thursday and Friday, nine more arrests were held at Moroccan officials said that they "suspected links with the perpetrators of a terrorist attack"

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What do we know about the victims?

Louise Espersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, studied at the University of South-East Norway.

They arrived in Morocco on December 9 for a moonlit vacation and went to the foot of Mount Tupbalk, the highest peak in North Africa, 10 kilometers from the tourist village of Imlil, south of Marrakech.

Body massages were discovered under their tent.

The two women took all the precautionary measures on their watch Maren Weland

Moroccans should pay tribute to the women who died near the embassies of Norway and Denmark in the Moroccan capital Rabat.

What do we know about videos ?

The video recording, which shows the alleged beheading of one of the women, was distributed on social networks by supporters of so-called "Islamic State" militants. The Norwegian authorities said Friday that even if they still have to check the file, this seems very plausible.

"There is nothing specific to date that shows that this video is not realistic," Kripos said. Moroccan police have published photos of three suspects in the murder of Scandinavian tourists.

The video of the assassin says that the killing is "a revenge for our brothers in Hadjin", recalling the eastern city of Syria, lost by the so-called militants " Islamic State "this week.

After the broadcast of the video, a second low-quality video appeared in which four men stood in front of the flag and claimed to be adherents of the "Islamic State".

The Moroccan authorities informed the Norwegian police that the four men arrested were the same as those on the list. Second video.

Prosecutors say the video was recorded last week before the murder.

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