Morocco authorities say a network, rounded up by police this week, had planned a spate of political assassinations and carried out crimes internationally.

 

The government also outlawed al-Badil al-Hadari, a small Islamist party, on Wednesday after the police linked its leader to the alleged "terrorist network".

Mustapha Moatassim, the party's secretary-general, was among 32 people arrested on Monday and Tuesday.