Morocco: Court Postpones Trial For Murder Of Scandinavian Tourists - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
May 17, 2019
A Moroccan Court has postponed until May 30, thetrial of twenty four suspects charged in connection to the murder of twoScandinavian female tourists.
The postponement was the second in the high-profiletrial since it started on May 2nd.
The Moroccan authorities found the bodies of MarenUeland of Norway and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen of Denmark near the summit ofMount Toubkal in the High Atlas mountain range with cuts to their necks onDecember 17th.
The crime triggered shock in Morocco and abroad.
At the trial, twenty four detained defendants,twenty three  Moroccans and a Swissnational with Spanish citizenship face charges of premeditated murder, settingup a terrorist group and illegal possession of firearms.
At the centre of the trial are four suspects, whopledged allegiance to the Islamic State militia in a video made days before thetourists’ bodies were found.