Casablanca: 15-year-old pupil arrested over false bomb alerts
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Libération (Maroc)
Casablanca judicial police arrested a 15-year-old pupil on Friday suspected of making two false bomb alerts against a school, in coordination with the DGST. A second minor, suspected of complicity, is being sought, according to a security source.
A 15-year-old pupil was arrested on Friday 13 November in Casablanca after making a false bomb alert targeting a school. Casablanca judicial police arrested him in coordination with the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST), after two calls received on Friday morning announced the explosion of a car bomb outside the school, according to a security source cited by Libération (Morocco).
Checks carried out at the scene and investigations established that the threats were fictitious. The pupil was identified and arrested as part of a judicial investigation ordered by the competent public prosecutor’s office, according to the same source.
Investigators are also searching for a second minor pupil suspected of complicity in the false alerts targeting several schools in Casablanca, according to the security source.
