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TEHRAN, December 20 - Moroccan authorities have arrested three more suspects in the killings of two Scandinavian tourists in Morocco's Atlas Mountains, as the Danish intelligence agency said it "may be related" to the Islamic State group.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC)- The three new suspects were arrested in Marrakech as they tried to flee in a bus, according to national security spokesman Boubker Sabik. He told The Associated Press that authorities are investigating whether the three have terrorist affiliations. He said no other suspects are being sought.
Another suspect was arrested Tuesday, and a Moroccan prosecutor said he had affiliations to an extremist group, without naming it.
The killing has shocked Morocco, a popular tourist destination where attacks on foreigners are extremely rare. The women's bodies were found Monday in the Atlas Mountains, an area prized by hikers.
The killing can be considered "politically motivated and thus an act of terror," Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said Thursday. He said "there are still dark forces that want to fight our values" and "we must not give in."
He confirmed the victims' identities as Louisa Vesterager Jespersen of Denmark, and Maren Ueland from Norway.
"What should have been a holiday trip turned into a nightmare," Loekke Rasmussen told reporters in Denmark.
Source: AP
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