The brutal murder and sexual assault of two Scandinavian college students who were hiking through Morocco was reportedly carried out by 4 ISIS terrorists:
Three more suspects have been arrested in the killings of two Scandinavian tourists in Morocco, in what Danish officials said might be an act of terror linked to ISIS https://t.co/5D5P6O0hOH
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 20, 2018
The victims have been identified as Louisa Vesterager Jespersen of Denmark and Maren Ueland of Norway:
1) Danish & Norwegian hikers Louisa Vesterager Jespersen & Maren Ueland beheaded by #ISIS-pledged attackers in Atlas Mountains #Morocco, bodies found Monday. Vid allegedly of the gruesome execution circulating on social media along w vid of alleged executioners pledging to ISIS pic.twitter.com/8xRzErqGa9
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) December 20, 2018
From news.com.au:
Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were knifed and beheaded on camera while camping in the Atlas Mountains.
Their bodies were found on Monday morning.
Footage of the horrifying attack has been shared on social media and has caused outrage in Morocco. The footage shows a blonde woman screaming while a man cuts her neck with what appears to be a sharp kitchen knife.
One of the women was decapitated and the other was found dead with a severe neck wound.
One body was found inside a tent by French hikers and the other just outside.
These animals taped the whole thing:
Horrifying video and evidence link ISIS to the murders of two Scandinavian women killed while camping in Morocco https://t.co/c2kpYwR8OU
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 20, 2018
We will not link to the video, but it’s out there:
So those two Scandinavian women who were beheaded by ISIS in Morocco. There’s a video of it. I just watched it. It’s pure evil.
I’m not going to link to it, but you can find it in the search.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) December 20, 2018
In the gruesome video, one of the terrorists said, “This is for our brothers in Syria, here are the heads of your enemies”:
'This is for our brothers in Syria, here are the heads of your enemies,' one #ISIS member can be head saying on alleged video of the murder https://t.co/hz8bKQMvJV
— Daily Star (@Daily_Star) December 20, 2018
The 4 under arrest had pledged allegiance to ISIS before the attack:
2) In vid of their #ISIS pledge, attackers also condemn "destruction caused by the warplanes of the Crusader alliance," & state to Moroccan gov intelligence: "…you have always claimed that you know everything, where is your knowledge? For here we are…" https://t.co/EVY9gSXg74 pic.twitter.com/55ATdg3krh
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) December 20, 2018
But ISIS has not yet claimed credit for the brutal murders:
3) As of yet, #ISIS is mute on the attack, & hasn't claimed. Furthermore, method of videos’ releases suggest attackers have no direct connection to ISIS. Tho #Norway & #Denmark part of anti-ISIS coalition, neither receives direct ISIS threats to extent of #US #France #UK & others
— Rita Katz (@Rita_Katz) December 20, 2018
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