The culprits can then be seen pledging allegiance to the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. Both girls were stabbed multiple times, while one of them was beheaded on video. Maren Ueland, 28, of Norway and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, of Denmark were murdered while backpacking in the High Atlas mountains of Morocco. Swedish state broadcaster SVT has outraged viewers after they ran an article claiming that the gruesome ISIS-inspired murder of two Scandinavian girls in Morocco "had nothing to do with Islam," before warning Swedes that sharing a graphic beheading video of the incident could result in up to four years of imprisonment.
Outrage After Swedish TV Downplays Gruesome ISIS Beheadings, Threatens Prison For Sharing Video Witnesses said that three men from Marrakech were seen camping close to the women, and local media has reported that sexual assault may have been the motive for the crime.Ĭlick below link to see video, EXTREMELY GRAPHIC Their motivation for the attack were unclear, officials said, but terrorism remains a strong line of enquiry. One of the suspects, according to the source, also left his ID card behind at the camp. Police are also said to have identified the suspects through CCTV in local shops in the village. “Witnesses saw the group at night as they were heading to the camp area.” A source told Morocco World News: “The suspects were camping in the same area that the murder took place. It is reported that three suspects from Marrakesh, who were camping nearby, have been arrested in connection with the murder. The SUN Three Muslim men have been arrested after two female backpackers, 24-year-old Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were found with severe neck injuries in their tent at a popular trekking spot in Morocco.Īccording to Morocco World News, a witness, who asked to not to be named, said the women were allegedly found decapitated.” Their bodies were found in a “remote mountainous region” about 6.2 miles from the centre of the village. It raises fears that the gruesome double murder in Morocco was an act of terror At least one of the 3 suspected Muslim beheaders (below) is an ‘extremist, according to Morocco authorities. The Danish and Norwegian victims, who were students in their 20s, were discovered by other tourists near the foot of North Africa’s highest peak, Mount Toubkad with what police say was ‘evidence of violence on their necks’ while unverified local reports say they had been decapitated. MOROCCO: Graphic Video has emerged of one of the two Scandinavian female tourists being ‘beheaded’ by Muslims at popular tourist hiking trail
The arrests come after a first one on Monday hours after the women’s bodies were found in the Atlas mountains.Īll three suspects are from Marrakesh, and one of them had “a court record linked to terrorist acts”.ĭanish authorities said on Thursday they had authenticated a video posted on social media showing the murder of one of the women. On Thursday, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said at a news conference that “much now indicates that the killings could be politically motivated and thus a terrorist act”.
It comes as police announced three suspects had been arrested on a bus in Marrakesh (pictured)Ī picture has emerged showing a series of large knives the suspected killers wielded ISIS terrorists are suspected of killing two Scandinavian women – Maren Ueland and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen – in Morocco. Delivering the news the media won’t cover. Subscribe t o Geller Report – brave journalism and it’s free. Men in the gruesome clip can be heard shouting ‘it’s Allah’s will’ while there are claims that the words ‘this is for Syria’ were used, in an apparent reference to Western bombing missions in the war-torn country. Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, were found dead near the village of Imlil in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains on Monday.Ī video showing the murder of one of the women has been recognised as genuine, Danish intelligence service said today adding that the killings can be connected to ISIS. Suspected ISIS terrorists branded two Scandinavian women the ‘enemies of God’ as they filmed themselves decapitating one of the tourists in Morocco.