On 17 December 2018, the bodies of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 24-year-old Danish woman, and Maren Ueland, a 28-year-old Norwegian woman, were found decapitated in the foothills of Mount Toubkal near to the village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.A total of 18 men have been arrested by Moroccan Police in relation to the murders. The murders were described by the Moroccan general prosecutor as a terrorist act, after a video of several of the suspects were shown swearing allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while decapitating Jespersen was released on the Internet.
Background
Louisa Vesterager Jespersen (born 1994) grew up in Ikast, Denmark. She attended Vestre School, and became a student at the Ikast-Brande Gymnasium in 2013. She had been travelling to various countries, such as Argentina, Peru, and Norway. Jespersen applied for participation in the Fjällräven Polar expedition in 2017 and 2018.
Maren Ueland (born 1990) was from Bryne, Norway.
Jespersen and Ueland were students at the University of South-Eastern Norway, where they studied outdoor recreation and nature...
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