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    Morocco tourist murders: Video appears genuine – Norway police

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    A video appearing to show the murder of one of two tourists killed in is almost certainly real, Norwegian police have concluded.

    The bodies of university students Maren Ueland and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen were found on Monday near a popular tourist spot in the Atlas mountains.

    The men in the video claim the murders were in revenge for events in .

    Police say four men arrested this week appeared in a separate propaganda video recorded before the murders.

    Nine further arrests were made on Thursday and Friday for “suspected links to the perpetrators of the terrorist act”, Moroccan officials said.

    Image caption Moroccan police carried out raids in several cities, including Marrakesh

    The women's bodies were flown from the Moroccan of Casablanca to on Friday.

    Who were the victims?

    Ms Jespersen, who was 24 and from Denmark, and 28-year-old Norwegian Ms Ueland had been studying outdoor activities at the University of Southeastern Norway.

    They had arrived on a month-long holiday in Morocco on 9 December and had travelled to the foothills of Mount Toubkal, North Africa's highest peak, 10km (6 miles) from the tourist village of Imlil,…

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