The bodies of the women, from Norway and Denmark were found near the town of Imlil in the High Atlas mountains with knife wounds to their necks. A Muslim man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, the Moroccan Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation.
Victims Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, of Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway were discovered stabbed in the neck Monday by other tourists.
The killings have shocked Morocco, a popular tourist destination where such attacks on foreigners are extremely rare.
The Rabat public prosecutor's office said in a statement Wednesday that the only captured suspect has affiliations to a terrorist group, without naming the group.
Footage of the horrifying attack shared on social media shows a blond woman screaming while a man cuts her neck with what appears to be a sharp kitchen knife.
“This is for Syria, here are the heads of your gods,” a man can be heard saying in French in the video
Moroccan media outlets say there is footage showing three suspects putting up a tent near the victims’ camp and leaving the area after the murders.
Earlier reports said the killings were sexually motivated.
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