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The scientific expertise conducted following the dismantling in several Moroccan cities of a terrorist cell linked to the “Daesh” organization confirmed that the preparation of this terrorist act had reached “a very advanced stage”, Prefect of Police Abderrahmane El Yousfi Alaoui said Monday in Salé.
explosion that can wipe out the person handling them, their family and neighbors, or leave them disabled.
When mixing these substances, the margin of error is very high, and the consequences are undoubtedly catastrophic, he emphasized.
The second category includes, according to El Yousfi Alaoui, the 14 judicially sealed pieces of evidence received by the Institute of Forensic Sciences on 22/05/2025, which include several firearms and ammunition, including two Kalashnikovs, two shotguns, ten pistols and 73 cartridges of various calibers.
The preliminary technical examination carried out on these weapons and ammunition concluded that they are firearms of different types and uses, some of which are weapons of war and others intended for security and military use, or for hunting.
They are :
– Two Kalashnikov-AK45 assault rifles, caliber X 7.62 39 (automatic and semi-automatic), with a range of 440 meters and a rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute. It is primarily a weapon of war.
– Three Beretta 7.65 mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols.
– Two Beretta 9 mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistols.
– One 9 mm Luger semi-automatic pistol.
– One 7.65 mm Star semi-automatic pistol.
– One 7.65 mm Tariq semi-automatic pistol.
– One 22LR semi-automatic pistol.
– One New Army revolver, 11 mm caliber.
– One 12 mm-caliber shotgun, with double vertical barrels sawn off at the stock and barrels to facilitate concealment and carrying.
– A Flaubert shotgun, 9 mm caliber, also sawed off at the stock and barrel for the same purpose.
– 25 Parabellum cartridges, 9 mm caliber, suitable for Beretta pistols of the same caliber.
– 23 Browning 7.65 mm cartridges for the two above-mentioned Tariq and Star pistols.
– 25 12-gauge cartridges, suitable for shotguns of the same caliber.
El Yousfi Alaoui added that the expert’s report concluded that all these firearms, for multiple and dangerous use, were in good working order.
He pointed out that the markings on all these firearms had been removed for criminal purposes, with the aim of concealing their serial numbers, the date and country of manufacture, as well as the name of the manufacturer, thereby making it difficult for the security services to determine their origin and trace their chain of possession internationally, adding that, for the same purpose, all these firearms had been repainted.
According to the security official, technical expertise on these firearms is ongoing, particularly with regard to the display of their markings, the aim being to check them against Interpol databases and determine their chain of possession and possible international criminal history.
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