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'Lucky accident' foils mass bombings in Morocco
POSTED: 1657 GMT (0057 HKT), March 22, 2007
Story Highlights� 12 would-be suicide bombers planned to hit ships, landmarks, tourist sites
� At least six suspects still on the run; others arrested
� Presumed leader looking at jihad Web site, Internet cafe owner called police
� Suspect blew himself up to stop police taking him alive
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RABAT, Morocco (Reuters) -- At least 12 would-be suicide bombers planned to blow up foreign ships at the Casablanca port and other Moroccan landmarks, top security officials were quoted as saying on Thursday.

They said at least six of the suspected bombers were still on the run, but others were arrested after their presumed leader blew himself up on March 11 to stop police taking him alive.

Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa, his deputy Fouad Al Himma and Benabdallah Oumzazi, a top ministry official, briefed local newspaper editors on Tuesday night on what the media called a "lucky accident" that helped foil a mass bombing plot.

Abdelfattah Raydi, the 23-year suspected leader of the group of bombers, walked into an Internet cafe in Casablanca's Sidi Moumen slum on March 11 with another suspected bomber.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/03/22/morocco.plot.reut/index.html