Interior ministry says women, from Denmark and Norway, found with cuts to their necksMoroccan authorities have arrested a suspect following the murder of two Scandinavian tourists in the High Atlas mountains, the interior ministry said. The suspect was arrested in Marrakesh about 40 miles (65km) north of Imlil, the ministry said. The Danish victim, Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, “had her throat cut”, said her mother, Helle Petersen, according to the Danish newspaper BT. The other victim was 28 years old, according to Moroccan media. Security was stepped up in the region and hiking suspended following the discovery of the bodies, media said.

Source: The Guardian December 17, 2018 20:14 UTC