Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland information
2018 murders of two Scandinavian tourists in Morocco
Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland
Imlil
Imlil (Morocco)
Location
Foothills of Mount Toubkal, close to the village of Imlil, Morocco[1]
Date
December 17, 2018 (bodies discovered)
Attack type
Decapitation, stabbing[2]
Victims
Louisa Vesterager Jespersen Maren Ueland
Perpetrators
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Assailants
Abdessamad Ejjoud Younes Ouaziyad Rachid Afatti
No. of participants
24
Motive
Islamic extremism
Revenge for the Battle of Hajin[3]
Verdict
3 sentenced to death, 20 sentenced to 5 to 30 years in prison
On 17 December 2018, the bodies of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 24-year-old Danish woman, and Maren Ueland, a 28-year-old Norwegian woman, were found decapitated in the foothills of Mount Toubkal near to the village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.[4][2]
A total of 18 men have been arrested by Moroccan Police in relation to the murders. The murders were described by the Moroccan general prosecutor as a terrorist act, after a video of several of the suspects were shown swearing allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while decapitating Jespersen was released on the Internet.[5][6]
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