French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Tuesday he had requested that five "terrorists" be stripped of their nationality. 


The five citizens involved were sentenced in France for their role in a series of bombings in Casablanca in 2003 that left 45 dead, said a senior official speaking on condition of anonymity. 


"I asked the prime minister to strip five terrorists of their nationality," Cazeneuve told the National Assembly. 


French law only allows nationality to be stripped from a citizen who holds a second passport and such cases are rare. 


Cazeneuve underlined "the government's absolute determination in the fight against terrorism

Source: NNA