Italian Police Arrest 22-Year-Old for Terrorism Recruitment
Auf einen Blick
- Italian police arrested a 22-year-old man in Reggio Emilia for alleged recruitment for terrorism.
- He reportedly had contact with a Daesh supporter and expressed intent to carry out a knife attack.
KI-generierte Zusammenfassung
Warum es wichtig ist
Italian police arrested a 22-year-old man in Reggio Emilia who allegedly expressed intent to carry out a knife attack. The man, with Moroccan origins, is accused of recruitment for terrorism and had contact with a Daesh supporter.
He had expressed the will to go to the city center armed with a knife to harm others. The Police of Reggio Emilia and Bologna have stopped a 22-year-old Italian man, of Moroccan origin, accused of recruitment for terrorism, including international.
Contacts with Daesh
According to what was found by the Questura, where the man was taken, the 22-year-old allegedly had contacts with a presumed Daesh supporter, who had offered to train and finance him to carry out an attack, in Italy or abroad. He would have consented, declaring himself a supporter of the Islamic State, as had already happened in the past. He has been ordered to be held in prison.
The investigations
The investigative activity, carried out by the men of the Digos of Reggio Emilia and Bologna and coordinated by the Central Directorate of Prevention Police, by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Reggio Emilia, directed by chief prosecutor Calogero Gaetano Paci, and by the District Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terrorism Directorate of Bologna, directed by Paolo Guido, began on Thursday evening, after investigators became aware of his intention to 'carry out an armed knife attack in the streets of the center of Reggio Emilia'. Moreover, for that evening, a basketball game with thousands of spectators and a musical event in Piazza San Prospero were scheduled. Shortly after, the young man was traced by agents of the Flying Squad and the Digos near the very central Via Emilia, in Via Roma. Already known to the Central Directorate of Prevention Police, who had been monitoring him since 2024, when he was arrested in Germany, the young man had repeatedly declared himself a supporter of the Islamic State and had stated his desire to act in its name.
Offene Fragen
- What was the extent of the man's contact with the Daesh supporter?
- Was the man acting alone, or were there other accomplices?
- What specific plans did the man have for the attack?
- What is the current status of the investigation into the Daesh supporter?
