Two tourist killed in Morocco

In Morocco, two tourist have been killed from Denmark and Norway. Their bodies were discovered at the foot of mount Toubkal in the Atlas mountains. Three Suspects have been arrested, according to a further is wanted. the

Morocco is considered a relatively safe country to Travel in, the Moroccan tourism authorities celebrated the past year as "exceptional" success, with nearly eleven million travelers visited the country. Trekking tours in the Atlas mountains are especially popular with many of the more active tourists. The Region is considered to be peaceful. Unlike, say, the Rif mountains in the North of the country. There, the Farmer of the hash tolerate-plantations no uninvited guests. The majority of the population in the Atlas living Berber considered hospitable.

With even greater dismay, it has taken on so well in Denmark and Norway, the message to note that in the Atlas, the bodies of two foreign student mountains were found inside. It is Maren Ueland, a 24-year-old Dane, and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 28-year-old Norwegian. When Camping at the foot of mount Toubkal, you were apparently the victim of a brutal crime. Their necks had "traces of violence", shared with Moroccan authorities. Apparently, the perpetrators have separates the two women's throats. In a hurry, the Moroccan authorities announced on Tuesday morning that they have apprehended a Suspect already, three more to be on the track. Two further arrests were made several hours later.

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The two young women knew each other from studying at the University of South-East Norway, in the municipality of Bø. They were broken up last weekend to a month-long backpacking trip, and on Sunday in Morocco, landed. The mother of the 28-year-old Norwegian told the Norwegian broadcaster NRK that she had received on Sunday a last message to her daughter. The daughter told her that she could now take perhaps a long time no contact, because you and your girlfriend were Hiking in remote mountain regions. The bodies of the two were found the Moroccan Ministry of the interior, with stab wounds about ten kilometers away from the village of Imlil, which is a popular base for hikers for trips to mount Toubkal. With 4167 meters, the highest mountain of the High Atlas, as well as of the whole of the Maghreb.

In Norwegian and Danish media described the families of the two students as an experienced Outdoor athletes: full of enthusiasm, hungry for new experiences, but not cocky. Vesterager Jespersen studied in Norway, in order to be a tour guide, she wrote on Facebook. "Rule number one was always safety," said the mother of Maren Ueland the Norwegian broadcaster NRK. The two had met before the trip, all the possible precautions. The mother of the young Dane told the Danish newspaper BT that she had warned the daughter before the trip: "We advised her of it, driving there, because it is such a chaotic place, and because you have heard of people who were murdered there."

Norwegian media pointed out that the Norwegian Ministry of foreign Affairs consider Morocco as a safe. The Federal Foreign office in Berlin warns in the country tours off-road without a local guide. Explicit travel warnings, however, apply only for the border regions of Algeria, Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The Norwegian newspaper VG quoted Moroccan officials described their country as "peaceful," defended the killings as an "atypical and rare" for Morocco. "Imlil is in shock," said a local mountain guide from the newspaper: "something happened here." Vorest imposed by the government to tours barrier for the Region.

The first arrest by the Moroccan police took place on Tuesday in the early hours of the morning in Marrakech. Apparently, the suspects had been sold in the around 60 km from Imlil distant city.. The police are informed, they have identified the suspects, the search for him was of the highest priority. The alleged perpetrators had camped in the vicinity of the two women. Your motive is still not known.