Video allegedly shows university students’ murders in Morocco.A video that allegedly shows the killing of two Scandinavian university students in a remote part of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains is likely authentic, Norwegian police said Friday.
Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Service has been investigating the footage circulating on social media. “There is no concrete evidence indicating the video is not real,” it said.
Danish police have launched prosecutions against 14 people who allegedly shared a video showing the murder of a young woman in Morocco.Police inspector Michael Kjeldgaard at East Jutland Police said that the individuals were charged after sharing the footage via Facebook Messenger or other social media, according to a statement released on Thursday.
Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, of Denmark and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland were killed in what both Moroccan and Danish authorities have characterized as a terrorist act.Twelve individuals have been charged with unauthorized disclosure of the video under “especially aggravating” circumstances.