Two men of Egyptian origin were arrested this Tuesday in Milan, northern Italy, accused of participating in the terrorist group Islamic State (IS), in an operation that has no relation to the Brussels attack or other recent attacks. .
The Italian police announced this Tuesday the arrest of an Egyptian citizen and another of Egyptian origin naturalized Italian accused of “participation in an association for terrorist purposes” and “instigation to commit a crime for terrorist purposes.”
Later, Milan’s chief prosecutor, Marcello Viola, explained that both were arrested for their “participation in the international terrorist organization Islamic Stadium.”
The two defendants, according to Viola, were “extremely active in pro-IS propaganda and digital dissemination,” and were still available to help the terrorist organization, including financially.
According to the media, police sources stated that these arrests have no relation to the attack on Monday night in Brussels, in which two Swedish citizens were murdered by an armed individual. This Tuesday, Belgian police ended up shooting dead a suspect in the attack.
This Tuesday’s episode in Italy is also unrelated to the arrest, last Saturday, of a 33-year-old Egyptian responsible for punching three people in Milan, while he had a copy of the Koran in his hands and uttered phrases like “Allah.” is big “.
The Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, stated this Tuesday that there is no information from the intelligence services about direct and imminent terrorist threats in Italy.
“At the moment there are no direct threats to Italy that we know of,” Tajani told Italian radio RAI.
“But there can always be a frantic fundamentalist acting alone, a lost fanatic. Prevention operations in Italy are at the highest level, but there is no news of imminent danger,” the politician stressed.
“The guard was lifted a few days ago, we keep everything under control,” Tajani said.
“The police, the state police, the financial police, the penitentiary police and the intelligence services are working on prevention activities, to the point that this morning two people accused of terrorism were arrested,” Tajani added.
Source: TSF
