Among those arrested are 12,000 minors, said the minister who answered a question on "the phenomenon of violence" during the weekly session of the House of Advisors, noting that the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie have brought, during the same period, 36,000 individuals to justice, among them 1,721 minors.
These figures show the role played by the security services in the fight against crime, "a scourge which poses a global challenge and at the same time requires the involvement of all of society to face it", he added.
The minister noted that social media represents "one of the tools for the propagation of insecurity and violence" as it serves sometimes as a channel spreading facts and events that are often unreal.
After recalling the strict monitoring by the security services of everything posted on social networks which they constantly check, Laftit stressed the climate of security enjoyed by the Kingdom thanks to the vigilance of the competent services and called for not exaggerating facts which are often isolated.