RABAT, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Morocco's Interior Ministry said on Monday that the country's security forces arrested six new suspects, in an ongoing probe into a recently dismantled terror cell linked to the Islamic State (IS) group.
The arrested were active in several cities, including the capital Rabat.
On Oct. 15, Moroccan security services announced the arrest of 11 people with suspected links to the cell and the seizure of chemical materials used for making bombs in the northern city of Fez.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement later that the forces had seized in the cell's house and in a car "liquids and chemical powders that are used in the manufacturing of explosives that the cell's members intended to use to carry out terrorist plots in the kingdom."
The ministry noted that the forces also seized weapons, a large amount of ammunition, telecommunications devices and two waistcoats intended to be used to make explosive belts.
According to Moroccan authorities, security services have busted around 50 terrorist cells, over 40 of which were linked to the IS group, since 2015.
