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Moroccan Authorities Detain 2 Suspects in Cafe Bombing

   VOA News  May 10, 2011
   Moroccan Interior Minister Taieb Cherkaoui speaks during a news
   conference in Rabat, following last month's deadly cafe bombing in
   Marrakesh, May 6, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   Moroccan Interior Minister Taieb Cherkaoui speaks during a news
   conference in Rabat, following last month's deadly cafe bombing in
   Marrakesh, May 6, 2011

   Moroccan security sources say authorities have arrested two more
   suspects in the April 28 bombing of a Marrakech cafe that killed 17
   people, mostly foreigners.
   Security officials said Tuesday the two suspects were detained in the
   city of Safi, north of Marrakech. One source told the French news
   agency (AFP) that the suspects were aware of a terrorist plot against
   the cafe but were not directly involved in carrying out the bombing.
   Moroccan authorities detained three other suspects last week, including
   a man accused of planting the bomb at the Argana cafe in Jemaa el-Fna
   square, a popular tourist destination in the heart of Marrakech. They
   say the device was detonated by remote control. Fourteen of those
   killed were foreigners, including eight French citizens.
   The Moroccan government blames the attack on al-Qaida and says the main
   suspect is an al-Qaida loyalist who is "well versed in jihadi
   ideology." The terrorist network's North African wing, al-Qaida in the
   Islamic Maghreb, has denied involvement in the bombing.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP .

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