Morocco arrests Algerian suspected of belonging to IS-linked group that beheaded Frenchman
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Morocco's Interior Ministry has announced the arrest of an Algerian citizen suspected of belonging to a group linked to the Islamic State militant organization which was responsible for the beheading of a French hiker.
In September, French hiker Herve Gourdel was kidnapped and then beheaded in Algeria by a group called Jund al-Khilafa (Soldiers of the Caliphate), which had declared allegiance to Syria- and Iraq-based IS.
The Moroccan statement issued late Sunday said the man had "large quantities of dangerous substances" and information about weapons caches in towns along the Algerian border.
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Algerian authorities had already reported killing several members of the group in operations after the kidnapping.
Morocco has disrupted many cells accused of recruiting for IS.