Murder of two tourists in Imlil: The terrorist trail would be confirmed

Following the investigation to clarify the circumstances of the murder of two young Scandinavians in southern Morocco, the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) has just announced that a "terrorist" track is being considered.

A real drama ...

This is a tragedy that shook Morocco on Monday, December 17th. The murder of two female hikers, Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 24-year-old Danish student, and Maren Ueland, a 28-year-old Norwegian woman whose body was discovered in an isolated site on the road to Mount Toubkal, provoked outrage citizens and their emotions.

According to information collected by AFP, Boubker Sabik, the spokesman for the Directorate General of National Security said that the terrorist track is not to dismiss, while adding that investigations are continuing to elucidate the circumstances of this crime.

According to the same source, a suspect belonging to an extremist group was arrested in a popular district of Marrakech and three other men are identified and actively sought by all security services. They would also have links with the radical Islamist milieu.

A video is currently circulating on the net ...

For a few hours, a video showing the murder of the two deceased is massively relayed on social networks. Investigations are also underway to authenticate it.

DGNS spokesperson said "the video is in the hands of the scientific lab to analyze it technically before it can confirm or deny its authenticity. "

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Murder of Scandinavian tourists: Three suspects reportedly arrested, AFP reports

The three suspects wanted since the murder of two young Scandinavian tourists were arrested in Marrakech this morning, according to AFP. Authorities had already arrested on Monday in Marrakech the first suspect belonging to "an extremist group", a few hours after the discovery of the bodies of the two young hikers Scandinavian.

The investigators had broadcast in the night of Wednesday to Thursday a notice of research of the three suspects while on the run. All three are from Marrakech, according to this opinion, and one of them has a criminal record "related to terrorist acts", according to information from the BCIJ.

A video relayed on social networks and presented as showing the murder of one of the two tourists is still being authenticated, according to the source close to the file.

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Saâd Lamjarred's new song "Baddek eih" in preview

Once again, Saad Lamjarred's new song, accused of rape and sexual assault with violence, leaked on the canvas a few hours before its official release, scheduled for tonight at 8pm.

While Saad Lamjarred had planned to broadcast his new single "Baddek eih" (What do you want?) Monday, December 17 at 20h, an excerpt of the song is, in fact, already widely shared on social networks.

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Saad Lamjarred: Crime or crime?

A French-speaking Moroccan site recently looked into an article on the charges against Saad Lamjarred, citing large passages of what appear to be statements prepared by the investigators. Unpublished revelations that are generally cold on the back but suffer from some inconsistencies.

The site in question begins by raising some details of what happened the night of the facts between Saad Lamjarred and his victim Laura Prioul citing in the wake of overwhelming testimony to the disfavor of the Moroccan singer.

   He then notes the contradictory statements of the accused who changes his version of the facts several times, the medical examinations giving more credence to the word of the victim than to the accused.

   The article, which appears to be consistent by its numerous quotations, which corresponds too much to the reality of the events, nevertheless sins by its conclusion which does not seem to fit with the laws in force.

   The editor believes that nothing is yet final and that a decision of the court would probably occur in January 2019 where we would always know according to this editor if the case would be judged at the Assizes or Correctional Court.

    And where the editor of Lesinfos.ma really stumbles is when she says that Saad Lamjarred would be judged either for "rape" or for "sexual abuse". In this case, however, one can not speak in any way of "sexual assault" because this offense is only invoked if the victim is a minor.

    This "sexual offense" being defined by article 227-25 of the penal code as: "the fact, by a major, to exercise without violence, coercion, threat or surprise, sexual assault on the person of a minor of 15 years, is punished by five years of imprisonment and 75 000 euros fine.

  This offense is constituted even if the minor was consenting. If it were not, it is no longer a sexual offense but a more serious offense of sexual assault, or even rape (crime) if there has been penetration.

   Let's just remember that Laura Prioul was a major at the time. Therefore, it is impossible to talk about sexual abuse for this case Saad Lamjarred.

    Sexual intercourse took place between SL and Laura and the medical examinations revealed a mixture of two DNAs containing all the genetic characteristics of the Moroccan singer and those of Laura Prioul, on the base, told us one of our sources there is one year, "contact samples taken on the crotch's pants at the level of the crotch, inside and outside, and on the tunic of the seal 1, at the level of tears observed at the level of the chest, right armpit and from the top of the back .. "

     The grounds for penetration and violence are sufficient to return the accused to the Assizes for Rape but the judges can very well correct for various reasons related to the processing time of the case longer Assises than Tribunal Correctional.

Dr. Rachid BARBOUCH

       Freelance journalist

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