Clashes Milan, today in San Vittore interrogation to validate the arrest of Youssef Siher

The interrogation to validate the arrest of Youssef Siher, the administrator of the social channels of the October 17 Movement arrested on Saturday on charges of incitement to commit crimes with the aggravating circumstance of the purpose of terrorism and organized violence in public demonstrations, has been set for this morning. The investigating judge Tiziana Landoni is questioning the 30-year-old researcher, who will then decide - by the day after tomorrow - on the request for validation of the arrest and application of the precautionary measures of the prison made by the Prosecutor's Office. The defense line chosen, the 30-year-old's lawyer said, is currently that of silence: Siher could therefore not answer Judge Landoni's questions.

The dangers of escape and repeat crime

Yesterday the request for validation of the arrest and application of the precautionary measures of the prison came from the anti-terrorism prosecutor Francesca Crupi and the prosecutor Marcello Viola, according to whom Siher, although without a criminal record, in addition to the danger of escape, could repeat the crime. "He demonstrated particular skill and acumen capable of creating in a few days", with the complicity of his wife, Sagia Hammoud, under investigation at large, "a Telegram group of over 11 thousand people, the majority of whom were clearly inclined to carry out criminal conduct against public order", observed the prosecutors. Furthermore, we read in the 14 pages of the request, "he has demonstrated that he also knows the IT tools suitable for developing his revolutionary strategy also through the drafting of press releases" capable of "concentrating thousands of people ready for anything in the streets". Ready to carry out the "called revolution against the current Government" by giving indications - also citing the clandestine manual used during the Arab Spring in Egypt - which, according to the reconstruction carried out, "denoted a clear subversive plan" as "the squares indicated as places of concentration were completely strategic in order to prevent or limit the checks of the police". And then, the researcher can cover his tracks: "he has a prominent profile in the Pro Pal 'movementism' and contacts with 'antagonism' (Communist Youth Front and trade unions), thus demonstrating that he has a relational network that would allow him to repair abroad". Furthermore, on Saturday morning, when the Postal Police and Digos officers arrived at his home, he made himself unavailable: with his wife he left his home and moved to Milan, in the Corvetto area, to stay with friends.