Authorities in Morocco have arrested a suspect implicated in the ISIS attack in Paris on 13 November that left 130 dead.
Officials have confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement. The Moroccan Ministry of Interior said the individual was arrested in Mohammedia on 15 January and he was believed to have travelled to Syria with one of the Paris attackers.
The ministry did not give the suspect's full name but said his initials were J.A.
In November 2015, Moroccan police arrested the brother of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the mastermind of the deadly attacks on the French capital. Both Abdelhamid and his brother Younis were of Moroccan origin and grew up in Belgium. They both also travelled to Syria where they joined ISIS.
Moroccan officials have been working closely with their French counterparts in the wake of the attacks.
European intelligence agencies have been on an international manhunt looking for Abdeslam Salah, a Belgian of Moroccan origin and the eighth Paris attacker who is, as of yet, unaccounted for. It is believed Salah, who changed his appearance while on the run, failed to detonate his suicide vest with the other Paris attackers and fled for his life.
source : abna24
