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Three men have been arrested following the grisly decapitation murders of two female backpackers in Morocco.

The women were found dead in their tent — apparently butchered while they slept near the village of Imlil in the High Atlas mountain range late Monday.

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Louisa Jespersen, 24, from Denmark and her friend Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway had been camping and backpacking on a month-long adventure in North Africa when the tragedy occurred.

One witness — who asked not be identified — told the Morocco World News that the women were “found decapitated,” although police have not confirmed this.

Their bodies were found about 11 km from a nearby village.

The three suspects are reportedly from Marrakesh and were camping in the same vicinity as the two victims.

“The suspects were camping in the same area that the murder took place,” a source told Morocco World News. “Witnesses saw the group at night as they were heading to the camp area.”