Morocco arrests 10 suspected female Daesh militants

Morocco has dismantled a suspected Daesh militant cell and arrested 10 women believed to be planning attacks in the North African kingdom, the Interior Ministry said yesterday.

It was the latest in a series of militant cells Morocco says it has broken up, but it is the first time authorities have arrested a group of female suspects.

An Interior Ministry statement said the cell was operating in several regions including the cities of Kenitra and Tangier.

Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), the judicial arm of the domestic intelligence service, seized chemicals and bomb-making materials in one of the suspects’ houses, the statement said.