Morocco arrested 10 women suspected of being part of an Islamic State cell that planned attacks in the country.
Authorities have broken up a number of ISIS cells in recent months but never one made up of a group of women. Morocco’s Interior Ministry said the cell operated in several regions throughout the country, and that it reflects the organization’s recent effort of integrating more female militants.
French authorities warned of more women joining ISIS after a terror attacks on the Notre Dame Cathedral and a train station were foiled in early September. A majority of the alleged terrorists were women, and a police officer was stabbed during the arrest of three members. (RELATED: ISIS Increasingly Using Women And Children To Terrorize France)
The female terrorists are often younger than their male counterparts and differ in personality from women who travel to Syria to serve as wives of ISIS fighters.
“The terrorist organization not only uses men but also women, young women, who meet and develop their projects virtually,” François Molins, the Paris prosecutor in charge of terrorism investigations in France told The New York Times.
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