Three people have been arrested for the killing of Danish Louisa Vestager Jespersen and Norwegian Maren Ueland.
It writes the AFP news agency.
at the same time inform the Danish minister for foreign affairs, Anders Samuelsen, on Twitter, that the moroccan authorities have confirmed to the embassy that they have arrested three people.
Moroccan authorities confirm three more people arrested in connection with the murders of Danish and Norwegian citizens in Morocco. The Danish MFA and the Embassy following closely.
— Anders Samuelsen (@anderssamuelsen) 20. december 2018
on Wednesday it was reported that one person had been arrested, and that the other three were of interest to the police on the basis of video recordings in the field, as the characters appeared on the.
It is unknown whether it is the three wanted persons, who have now been arrested, but according to the AFP a total of four people now arrested in the case. All four should be arrested in the popular tourist town of Marrakesh close to the place where the women were killed.
The two girls, respectively 24 and 28 years, were Monday found killed in the vicinity of the village of Imlil in the Atlas mountains in Morocco in connection with the fact that they were on a hike in the area.
Subsequently, both the moroccan and Danish authorities have indicated that they are working from a presumption that there is talk about terrorism, since there was a possible political motive to the killings.
Danish Prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen held on Thursday morning a news conference on the situation in which he emphasized his disgust for the actions.
– There are still dark forces that with violence will fight for our values.
– We will not compromise with our open society, said the prime minister.
Danish politics – 20. dec. 2018 – at. 08:08 Loop on the suspected terror killing: the Dark forces will fight us
the Loop also confirmed that on the web posted a video which allegedly shows the killing of one of the women. The video is not however verified, but it helps to substantiate the assumption that there is talk about terror-related killing.
An employee from the national Police have been sent to Morocco to assist the investigation. Lars Løkke reports that Denmark has been working closely with the authorities in both Norway and Morocco in connection with the case.
the 112 – 20. dec. 2018 – at. 05:47 Found Louisa and Maren killed: – It was terrible
the Bodies of two women were found by the French tourists who were also in the area. The women had set the tent up near a small town in a or deserted area.
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