Escape from the Moroccan prison: nine terrorists dug a hole and, praying, escaped

Nine out of 50 terrorists convicted of involvement in the organization of explosions in Kasablanca escaped from the Moroccan prison, BBC reports citing local authorities.

The administration of the prison of the city of Kenitra, 40 km from the capital of the country of Rabat, found that the prisoners had fled the morning the day before - after the morning prayer. It turned out that the prisoners dug a hole. The decree is given to establish how the prisoners managed to dig a passage.

Most of them were sentenced to life imprisonment for involvement in a series of terrorist attacks in 2003, when 45 people were killed in Kasablanca, including 12 suicide bomber.

All convicts arrested back in 2006 were members of the Partisan Mehdi terrorist group. During searches, they found explosives and equipment for the production of explosive devices.

The court found them guilty of planning terrorist attacks, the objects of which were state institutions and tourist centers of the country, in financing terrorist activities, in the undermining of state security and public order, RIA Novosti reports.

According to the Government of Morocco, the group intended to declare a "sacred war" in the northeast of the country. In addition, the Islamists recruited law enforcement agencies and the military to their ranks, also planned the robberies of banks and military convoys. None of the convicts admitted his guilt.