Uncensored images of the severed and partially severed heads of two Scandinavian tourists murdered in the Moroccan mountains have been plastered all over the Facebook page of one of their grieving mothers.
It is not clear if the images were taken by investigators or the killers but the horror development came after friends and family urged people not to watch a video showing the decapitation of one of the victims circulating online.
The mutilated bodies of university students Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, of Denmark, and 28-year-old Maren Ueland, of Norway, were found on Monday at an isolated campsite two hours walk from the tourist village of Imlil near Mount Toubkal.
Moroccan authorities believe four suspects in the killings had travelled to the Atlas Mountains intent on committing a crime, but had not selected a target in advance.
They were apparently acting on their own initiative, even though they had just pledged allegiance to Islamic State, an official said on Sunday.
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Boubker Sabik, spokesman for the Moroccan security and domestic intelligence services, also said the arrest of nine more people in the case had foiled a terror plot.
A graphic video purportedly showing Ms Jespersens throat being slit, which was viewed this morning by news.com.au, is still being widely shared on numerous social media platforms despite pleas for the footage to be removed.
