Maren Ueland
Maren Ueland
Maren Ueland was a Scandinavian college student attending the University of South-Eastern Norway. Her death along with Louisa Jespersen's in late December 2018 received international media attention regarding the perpetrators who have alleged ties to ISIS. [undefined] [undefined] [undefined]
In the Media
Death
On Monday December 17, 2018, Ueland and Louisa Jespersen were found dead from knife wounds near a popular tourist spot of the Atlas Mountains. [undefined] [3]
Ueland and Jespersen had travelled together to Morocco for a month-long holiday on December 9, 2018. One of the women was decapitated and the other was found dead with a severe neck wound. [undefined]
Footage of the attack was also shared on social media. The footage shows a blonde woman screaming while a man cuts her neck with what appears to be a sharp kitchen knife. [undefined]
Perpetrators
On Tuesday December 18, 2018, authorities detained a suspect stated that he belonged to a militant group in Marrakesh. Three other suspects were subsequently arrested in the city. [undefined]