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15 April 2026
24-year-old Palestinian Ahmad Salem sentenced to four years for terrorism
Ahmad Salem, a 24-year-old Palestinian with a Lebanese passport, was sentenced by the Court of Campobasso to four years in prison for inciting a criminal offence with terrorist intent. The Public Prosecutor’s Office had sought a sentence of three years and six months.
During the investigation, the Digos (Special Operations Division) found that Salem, who had arrived in Italy seeking asylum, had stored instructional clips on his device regarding the handling of explosives and gunfights. The judges deemed this material to be ‘suitable for the commission of terrorist acts’. Salem is currently being held in Rossano Calabro prison under maximum security conditions.
He has been in custody since the first half of 2025. Born and raised in the al-Baddawi Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, he is said to have arrived in Italy intending to seek international protection. After entering the country, he travelled to Campobasso to apply for asylum. During the hearing before the competent Territorial Commission, Salem’s mobile phone was reportedly seized and searched. Following an investigation, he was charged with offences under Articles 414 and 270-quinquies of the Criminal Code relating to incitement to commit a crime and self-training for terrorist purposes, respectively.
Sources: https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/terrorismo/palestinese-salem-condannato-4-anni-terrorismo-e-i-5-stelle-2651877.html and https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronaca-giudiziaria/chi-ahmad-salem-palestinese-detenuto-italia-istigazione-e-2583934.html
14 April 2026
Foreign national deported
According to the Ministry of the Interior, a foreign national has been deported after being flagged by intelligence services for links to a terrorist organisation and for having left his country illegally by sea alongside two brothers of the perpetrator of the attack on Marseille’s Saint-Charles railway station in October 2017. After being transferred to a detention centre, he was put on a flight back to his home country.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
13 April 2026
17-year-old with neo-Nazi and Islamist terrorist materials and propaganda apprehended in the province of Teramo
A 17-year-old from Sant’Egidio alla Vibrata, in the province of Teramo, has been apprehended on suspicion of committing offences of propaganda and incitement based on racial, ethnic and religious discrimination, as well as training for terrorist purposes. These offences were allegedly committed through the possession and dissemination of documents containing instructions for preparing and using firearms and Molotov cocktails, among other things.
The minor had already been subject to a search of his home in recent months, resulting in the seizure of IT devices, following evidence gathered regarding the publication and dissemination of ideas based on racial hatred via social media.
Subsequent analysis of these devices revealed a vast amount of neo-Nazi and white supremacist propaganda, material promoting Islamic extremism and incitement to direct action, as well as guidance and instructions for manufacturing firearms using 3D printers, with the aim of ‘accelerating’ the collapse of modern society.
Source: https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/nazionale/propaganda-neonazista-ed-estremismo-islamico-fermato-2650730.html
10 April 2026
39-year-old foreign national deported
According to the Ministry of the Interior, a 39-year-old foreign national, who was imprisoned for common crimes, attacked another inmate with boiling oil and attempted to persuade fellow Muslims to join ISIS as fighters. He was deported and returned to his country of origin.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
09 April 2026
Two Tunisians arrested in Palermo and 5 minors searched
The Palermo Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered the arrest of two Tunisians accused of glorifying terrorism: Khaled Trabelsi, 19, and Taher Karim Taher, 22. The two incited jihad and martyrdom through their social media profiles on TikTok and Instagram, posting extremist content, including images of armed militants and an explosion with the ISIS flag superimposed over the US flag.
Videos and photos glorifying jihad were found on Taher’s social media accounts, including one showing a semi-automatic machine gun and messages concerning suicide operations and martyrdom. Trabelsi posted similar material, including audio and video focusing on religious martyrdom and jihad. Investigators highlight a high level of radicalisation in the content, emphasising the risk of extremist messages spreading via the internet, particularly in a context of international tensions, such as the conflict in Israel and Palestine.
Two further search warrants have been executed against two foreign minors under investigation for unlawful possession of firearms. They emerged as contacts of the individuals subject to the arrest warrant, namely the two Tunisians based in Palermo.
In the same investigation, three further foreign minors emerged, two of whom were in the province of Trapani and one in northern Italy. All of them shared a fascination with weapons, and personal and premises search warrants were executed against them.
Monitoring of their social media profiles revealed numerous posts on Instagram and TikTok showing them handling semi-automatic pistols, as well as knives and other cutting weapons. The posts also contained references to Islamic symbols.
Numerous IT devices and tools, a replica submachine gun without a safety cap and items bearing Islamist symbols were found and seized during the searches. A semi-automatic airsoft pistol without a safety cap was seized from the minors’ home in the province of Trapani.
Sources: https://www.teleacras.it/2026/04/10/la-dda-di-palermo-arresta-due-pericolosi-tunisini-per-apologia-di-terrorismo and https://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/1669d780115a9f1170280569
09 April 2026
Supreme Court has annulled the arrest of Mohammad Hannoun and referred the case back to the Genoa Review Court
The Supreme Court has annulled the arrest of Mohammad Hannoun, president of the Association of Palestinians in Italy, who is alleged by the Genoa Public Prosecutor’s Office to be the head of the Italian branch of Hamas, and referred the case back to the Genoa Review Court. However, he remains in custody in Terni. The Court has also annulled the arrests of Ra’ed Dawoud, Yaser Elasaly and Ryad Albunstanji.
Furthermore, the Court declared inadmissible the appeals lodged by the Genoa Public Prosecutor’s Office against the release – ordered by the Review Court – of Raed Al Salahat and Khalil Abu Deiah, representative of the association La Cupola d’Oro.
Sources: https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/cronaca/hamas-hannoun-arresto-annullato-cassazione_110833478-202602k.shtml and https://www.iltempo.it/attualita/2026/04/09/news/annullato-l-arresto-di-hannoun-ma-al-momento-resta-in-carcere-47196598/
08 April 2026
48-year-old Foreign Fighter deported
The Ministry of the Interior has announced that a 48-year-old foreign national, identified by intelligence services as a foreign fighter linked to Islamic extremist circles, has been repatriated to his country of origin. This measure forms part of a wider programme to monitor and combat radicalisation, aimed at preventing potential risks to national security.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
02 April 2026
Pakistani national Ali Kashif deported
Pakistani national Ali Kashif has been deported following a decision by the Brescia Police Commissioner because he stated on the television programme Fuori dal Coro that a girl can be considered a woman from the moment she has her first menstrual period and can therefore be given in marriage from that point onwards. He then added, ‘’If our Prophet married a 12-year-old girl, why can’t others do the same?’’
Source: https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/attualit/9-anni-bambina-adulta-questore-brescia-espelle-e-rimpatria-2646487.html
02 April 2026
14-year-old with links to the neo-Nazi and Islamist terrorist networks arrested in Pescara
The DIGOS unit in Pescara arrested a 14-year-old boy who, according to the Public Prosecutor, is a skilled chemist. The teenager was sleeping next to a jar of explosives and had been planning to blow up a public office containing twenty people.
He was arrested at his family home in the Porta Nuova area of Pescara. His parents had no idea that their son’s bedroom was a makeshift weapons laboratory and that he had a network of international contacts ranging from neo-Nazism to Islamist terrorism.
According to the prosecution, the teenager had been stockpiling explosive materials and dangerous chemicals with the intention of carrying out violent terrorist acts. Analysis of his devices revealed his activity on encrypted Telegram channels and his ultimate objective: to obtain TNT with which to blow up a public office in Pescara with an estimated 15–20 potential victims. The investigation, which began a year ago, has now concluded and the teenager has been transferred to a reception centre in L’Aquila.
Source : https://www.iltempo.it/attualita/2026/04/02/news/pescara-13enne-progettava-attentato-fermato-dalla-digos-l-ombra-di-telegram–47102952/
25 March 2026
23-year-old foreigner deported
The Minister of the Interior stated that 23-year-old foreign national with a history of criminal convictions showed clear signs of radicalisation during a police check, threatening officers with religiously motivated remarks and praising Allah and the Koran. Given the danger he posed to society and the risk associated with religious fanaticism, the man was first transferred to a CPR centre and then repatriated to his country of origin.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
17 March 2026
Five people investigated in connection with the terrorist attack on the synagogue in Rome on 09 October 1982
The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Rome has concluded its investigation into complicity in the terrorist attack carried out on 9 October 1982 outside the Synagogue in Rome, which resulted in the death of Stefano Gaj Taché, aged just two, and left 40 Jewish worshippers injured.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued a notice of the conclusion of the investigation. The suspects are Abou Zayed Walid Abdulrahman, aged 68, currently detained in France and on trial for the massacre of 2 August 1982 on Rue des Rosiers in Paris; Abed Adra Mahmoud Khader, a 71-year-old Palestinian national residing in the West Bank; Al Abassi Souheir Mohammad Hassan Khalil, a 74-year-old of Palestinian origin residing in Jordan; Hamada Nizar Tawfiq Mussa, a 65-year-old of Palestinian origin residing in Jordan; and Abu Arkoub Omar Mahid Abdel Rahman, a 66-year-old of Palestinian origin residing in Jordan.
It is believed that they also acted in collusion with Alhamieda Rashid Mahmoud, alias Fouad Hijazy, and Maher Said Al Awad Yousif, alias Arabe El Arabi Tawfik Gamal, who are now deceased.
Source: https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2026/03/17/lattentato-dell82-alla-sinagoga-di-roma-in-cinque-rischiano-il-processo_904f6fdf-38d9-4d41-bf3b-80b60b3fc381.html#
13 March 2026
The Islamic centre in Monteroni d’Arbia and the home of the president of the Nur association searched
As part of an anti-terrorism investigation by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Florence, the Islamic Cultural Centre in Monteroni d’Arbia (Siena) and the home of the president of the ‘Nur’ association, a 36-year-old Italian national, have been searched. The president is currently under investigation for belonging to a terrorist organisation.
The investigation, which began on a large scale in 2022, reportedly aims to verify potential links between individuals frequenting the Islamic centre in Monteroni and terrorist circles. Investigators’ suspicions were reportedly aroused by conversations intercepted inside the Islamic cultural centre. Some of these referred to ISIS and Gaza.
Source: https://corrieredisiena.it/news/cronaca/437193/blitz-anti-terrorismo-islamico-a-monteroni-d-arbia-indagine-e-slegata-dai-finanziamenti-ad-hamas.html
12 March 2026
26-year-old Islamist extremist foreigner repatriated
On 12 March 2026, the Italian Minister of the Interior announced the repatriation of a 26-year-old foreign national to his country of origin, following his detention at a Repatriation Centre (CPR). The man was homeless and had numerous previous convictions for offences relating to property and personal injury. Furthermore, he had been identified by DIGOS as being involved with Islamic extremist circles.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
07 March 2026
A 24-year-old man of Egyptian origin already in prison for terrorism has been reached by a further preventive custody order
Police have issued a pre-trial detention order for Saied El Naijar, a 24-year-old of Egyptian origin. He was arrested in October 2024 for publicly glorifying terrorist crimes, which were committed through multiple acts intended to promote and glorify the activities of Islamic State.
The latest investigation has led to a charge of participating in an association with the aim of committing international terrorist acts, specifically those of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP).
This investigation was prompted by information received from the Italian intelligence agency AISE, enabling investigators to conduct targeted inquiries into the suspect. He had displayed considerable activity on various social media platforms and youth-oriented virtual networks, demonstrating an interest in jihadist themes.
Investigative evidence showed that he had consistently shared and praised online propaganda content related to ISIS, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and martyrdom.
The investigation also revealed that he had been planning an attack on worshippers at the Church of Sant’Alessandro in Colonna in the centre of Bergamo.
Source: https://brescia.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/26_marzo_07/terrorismo-islamico-arrestato-di-nuovo-un-24enne-di-origine-egiziana-faceva-parte-de-i-pericolosi-d-egitto-595dba7d-da3c-4da4-8662-2488bfca4xlk.shtml?refresh_ce
04 March 2026
Egyptian Imam Mohamed Shahin will not be deported
Supreme Court rejected the appeal by the State Attorney’s Office against the decision by which the Court of Appeal of Turin on January 21 annulled the detention of Imam Mohamed Shahin in the CPR of Caltanissetta. Therefore, the Imam will not be expelled.
The imam was the subject of an expulsion order signed by the Minister of the Interior because, in addition to publicly praising the October 7 massacre carried out by Hamas, according to the Interior Ministry’s assessment, he is radicalized and in contact with “individuals known for their fundamentalist and violent view of Islam.”
Source: https://www.secoloditalia.it/2026/03/imam-di-torino-niente-espulsione-la-cassazione-annulla-il-trattenimento-ira-di-fdi-e-lega-i-giudici-ostacolano-governo-e-sicurezza/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
15 February 2026
Terrorist deported after being released from prison
On 15 February 2026, the Italian Minister of the Interior announced the expulsion and repatriation to his country of origin of a 22-year-old foreign national residing illegally in Italy.
The young man was arrested immediately after being released from prison, where he had served four years for terrorism, and taken to a repatriation centre.
He was part of an association that produced and distributed material inciting violence against ‘infidels’, and was in contact with one of the perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo attack.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
14 February 2026
Italian minor arrested for terrorism
An Italian minor from Caserta, Italy, was arrested following an order issued by the Naples Juvenile Court. He had taken part in an association with terrorist aims through virtual channels, having formulated and shared an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State online in the summer of 2025.
He had direct virtual contact with individuals claiming to belong to ISIS and based in Syria. Furthermore, investigations revealed that he had widely distributed videos depicting terrorist techniques downloaded from the dark web and sent them to some of his peers living in Campania, who are currently under investigation.
Source: https://www-ilmattino-it.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.ilmattino.it/AMP/caserta/giura_fedelta_all_isis_studente_minorenne_arrestato_per_terrorismo-9359518.html
12 February 2026
Two foreigners deported
On 12 February 2026, the Italian Minister of the Interior announced that two foreign nationals, who came to the attention of the authorities for being in contact with members of jihadist terrorist groups, were expelled and repatriated to their countries of origin.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
01 February 2026
Foreigner arrested for having links to Islamist extremist
On 1 February 2026, the Italian Minister of the Interior announced the arrest of a foreign national by the State Police in Salerno, prior to his attempt to leave the country.
Intelligence services had reported him for his links to Islamic extremist circles and for facilitating the entry of fellow nationals into Italy, some of whom were radicalised.
The man was also wanted internationally for committing a double murder in his country of origin. He is currently in prison awaiting extradition proceedings.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
30 January 2026
Foreigner deported following prison release
On 30 January 2026, the Italian Minister of the Interior announced that a 40-year-old foreign national had praised Allah and threatened to kill prison officers while in detention. Following his release, he was expelled and repatriated to his country of origin.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
29 January 2026
Two Russians investigated for false documents
On 29 January 2026, a 36-year-old Russian man was arrested near Bologna by the police pursuant to a request from the Bologna Public Prosecutor’s Office for the possession and manufacture of false identification documents.
This arrest was part of an investigation that began in June 2025 when the man was stopped by police in downtown Bologna. He was with a 37-year-old Russian man and they were both found to be in possession of false identity documents valid for travel abroad. The 37-year-old was arrested at that time, while the other man (who was arrested on 29 January 2026) was investigated while remaining at liberty.
The subsequent investigation revealed that both men were subject to an international arrest warrant issued by the Russian authorities and entered into the Interpol system via Red Notice. The charges were affiliation with the terrorist organisation “Imarat Kavkaz”, as well as active participation in armed conflicts in Syrian territory during the jihadist terrorist organisation “Islamic State’s” period of maximum operation.
While validating the arrest, the Court of Appeal of Bologna did not grant extradition to Russia in light of the current international situation involving that country.
Source: https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/cronaca/documenti-falsi-terrorismo-arrestato-russo-uvt3tinf
27 January 2026
Radicalised minor placed in a community
A 17-year-old of Egyptian origin residing in Cantù was arrested pursuant to a pre-trial detention order issued by the Milan Juvenile Court judge, which stipulates that he should be detained in a secure community facility.
Since 2024, the young man has been responsible for disseminating jihadist propaganda via social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, as well as messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp. His content has made direct references to organisations such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda.
During the investigation, he was found to have been in direct contact with individuals who were already under investigation for terrorism offences and for disseminating jihadist propaganda content.
The highly radicalised young man is under investigation for inciting crime, aggravated by the use of computers and telecommunications tools, with the aggravating circumstance that applies to crimes committed for the purpose of terrorism or subverting the democratic order.
Source: https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2026/01/27/inneggiava-allo-stato-islamico-via-social-17enne-arrestato-nel-comasco_63857dc8-9657-4eef-b2f9-12eeebdc3151.html
19 January 2026
The Review Court has ruled that Mohammad Hannoun, a Palestinian, will remain in prison alongside four others. However, three have been released.
The Review Court of Genoa has upheld the precautionary measures for Hannoun, Ra’ed Dawoud, Yaser Elasaly and Ryad Albunstanji.
Those released were Rahed Al Salahat, representative of the association for Florence and Tuscany; Ibrahim Abu Rawwa, an employee of the A.B.S.P.P. and representative for the north-east; and Khalil Abu Deiah, custodian of the Golden Dome in Milan. Unlike the others, the latter two are accused not of belonging to Hamas, but of having contributed to its financing.
Source: https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2026/01/19/fondi-ad-hamas-hannoun-resta-in-carcere-scarcerati-tre-degli-arrestati_ac509d9a-7135-4099-8b7c-66bd47c720db.html
16 January 2026
Palestinian convicted of terrorism and other two acquitted
On 16 January 2026, the Court of L’Aquila sentenced Anan Yaeesh, a Palestinian, to five years and six months in prison for terrorism. Two other individuals, Ali Saji Ribhi Irar and Mansour Doghmosh, were acquitted. The prosecutor had requested 12 years in prison for Yaeesh, nine years for Irar and seven years for Doghmosh. The prosecution argued that the three defendants had, in various capacities, ‘manifested the terrorist aims of the Rapid Response Group, which sought to organise suicide attacks, including through the use of car bombs, against Israeli civilian and military targets’.
Source: https://www.agi.it/cronaca/news/2026-01-16/palestinesi-processo-terrorismo-l-aquila-35129847/
10 January 2026
Two foreigners deported
On 10 January 2026, the Italian Minister of the Interior announced the deportation of two foreign nationals, aged 29 and 38, believed to be linked to jihadist Islamic extremism. They were returned to their countries of origin. Both had been detained in a CPR (Repatriation Centre) prior to their deportation.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

27 December 2025
Hamas linked individuals arrested
On December 27, 2025, as part of Operation Domino by the Genoa Public Prosecutor’s Office, nine people were arrested on charges of financing Hamas through various associations and NGOs. Those arrested are Mohammad Hannoun, Ra’Ed Dawoud, Raed al-Salahat, Yaser Elasaly, Riyad Albustanji, Osama Alisawi, Adel Abu Rawwa, and Saleh Abdu. At the center of the investigation is Mohamed Hannoun, who has already been sanctioned by the United States for terrorism and investigated in several other cases.
On Mohammad Hannoun read here: https://www.thewashingtonoutsider.com/the-italy-islamists-files-file-4-mohammad-hannoun-and-the-hamas-money-collecting-network/
18 December 2025
Bengali deported
On 18 December 2025, a 37-year-old Bangladeshi man was expelled and repatriated because he was considered to be associated with Islamic terrorist groups in Bangladesh. Having been in Italy since 2021, he was found to be in the country illegally and was under constant observation by investigators through Intelligence activities and monitoring of his movements.
During this time, he had applied for political asylum and settled in Como, where he found regular employment. However, his request for international protection was rejected by the Ordinary Court of Rome, which noted that he had not sufficiently integrated and considered his proximity to Islamic extremist circles to be incompatible with peaceful coexistence in Italy.
Following the rejection of his application, the authorities issued a deportation order and he was repatriated to Bangladesh.
Source: https://www.quicomo.it/cronaca/espulso-37enne-bangladesh-como-contiguita-gruppi-terroristici-accompagnamento-frontiera.html
16 December 2025
Libanese arrested
On 16 December 2025, news stressed that on 28 November 2025, the authorities decided to arrested Qasim Abdul Wahed, a 35-year-old man who had fled Lebanon after being sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment on charges of belonging to Jabhat al-Nusra.
He was living in a Milan apartment building under a false name and with a residence permit issued on the basis of a false passport.
The police have been monitoring him since March 2025 and discovered that he had previously been a commander in a town in the Golan Heights, as well as having contacts abroad with individuals affiliated with radical jihadist networks and circles. It has therefore been thought that he might be a ‘sleeper cell’.
On Facebook, he urged the Grand Imam of al-Azhar — the highest Sunni Muslim authority in Egypt — to issue a fatwa imposing jihad on all believers, making it an absolute duty. He also contested the moderate shift undertaken by Jabhat al-Nusra in transforming itself into the governing force Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham.
Source: https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2025/12/16/news/presunto_jihadista_arrestato_a_milano_era_a_capo_di_una_cellula_dormiente-15436265/amp/
15 December 2025
Egyptian released
On 15 December 2025, the International Protection Section of the Court of Appeal in Turin decided to release the Turin Imam, Mohamed Shahin, who has been detained at the Caltanissetta Repatriation Centre following a deportation order issued by the Minister of the Interior. Contrary to the argument set out in the deportation order, the Court ruled that the Imam is not a threat to national security.
Source: https://www.torinotoday.it/cronaca/imam-mohamed-shahin-accolto-ricorso-libero-cpr-giorgia-meloni.html
29 November 2025
Foreigner deported
On 29 November 2025, the Italian Minister of the Interior announced that a 44-year-old foreigner was deported and repatriated to his country of origin after serving a prison sentence. The foreigner had come to the attention of the authorities for showing signs of Islamic radicalisation and proselytising to other prisoners during his imprisonment.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
24 November 2025
Egyptian detained under deportation order
On 24 November 2025, the imam of the Omar Ibn al-Khattab mosque in Via Saluzzo, Turin, was taken from his home and ordered to be repatriated. The imam, Mohamed Shahin, is a 46-year-old Egyptian who has lived in Italy for 20 years. During a protest in Piazza Castello, he said: ‘I personally agree with what happened on 7 October. We are not here to be violent, but what happened on 7 October 2023 was not a violation; it was not an act of violence”.
Sources: https://torino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_novembre_25/torino-centinaia-in-piazza-per-l-imam-mohamed-shahin-il-paese-di-giulio-regeni-lo-manda-in-egitto-847d5fb8-336e-4695-ba20-9bcc892dfxlk.shtml and https://torino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_ottobre_11/il-7-ottobre-non-fu-violenza-bufera-sull-imam-di-torino-fratelli-d-italia-ne-chiede-l-espulsione-ffcd396b-a5d2-41c7-95f7-b6b956910xlk.shtml
20 November 2025
Bengali man wanted for terrorism
A 25-year-old man, originally from Bangladesh and living in Rimini, has gone missing. The Bologna Public Prosecutor’s Office requested a precautionary measure for incitement to commit a crime, aggravated by jihadist terrorist motives.
The Bangladeshi man was supposed to appear before the judge for the preliminary investigation at the Court of Bologna to undergo preventive questioning on 20 November 2025, but instead he fled. The so-called “Nordio reform” recently introduced preventive questioning, which requires the suspect to be notified, for certain crimes, before a possible arrest requested by a prosecutor.
Source: https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/rimini/cronaca/fugge-prima-dellinterrogatorio-jihadista-ricercato-9399cecd
17 November 2025
Kenian woman acquitted
On 17 November 2025, the reasons behind the July acquittal of 20-year-old Hafsa Bakari Mohamed, who was born in Kenya but lives in Milan, were revealed.
The young woman had been arrested at Bergamo airport in December 2024 as she was preparing to leave for Turkey. According to investigators, she intended to travel from there to Syria to join a jihadist group and was charged with ‘enlisting for the purposes of international terrorism’.
However, the judge of Milan interpreted the young woman’s intentions differently. Although she shared the ’cause’ and glorified jihad, and hoped ‘to live in a state governed by Sharia law’, the judge found no evidence that she had materially contributed to the armed jihadist struggle, nor that she was willing to do so.
The judge concluded that the young woman’s goal was to marry a practising Muslim living in a country where Islamic law was in force, such as Turkey, from which she could reach Syria ‘after the Islamic State had definitively established itself’.
The young woman allegedly limited herself to ‘sharing jihadist ideology and some of the symbols and songs used by the Islamic State, including but not limited to, with other users of the network’. She also expressed the hope that the Islamic State would prevail in conflicts and booked a flight to Turkey with the intention of marrying a young Muslim man she had met online and settling in a country that applied Sharia law.
According to the judge, these actions do not demonstrate a willingness to carry out terrorist acts or reach war zones to participate in them.
Source: https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronaca-giudiziaria/esalt-jihad-senza-contribuire-assolta-20enne-residente-nel-2569238.html
13 November 2025
Foreigner arrested
On 13 November 2025, the Italian Minister of the Interior stated that a foreign national, who was sentenced to five years in prison for financing terrorism, was arrested by the Border Police in the province of Gorizia.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
04 November 2025
Iraqi arrested for evading house arrest
On 4 November 2025, a 20-year-old Iraqi man was arrested in the centre of Milan by the DIGOS acting on information from the DIGOS of Udine, while he was broadcasting live on social media.
He was under house arrest in Udine for burglary and had a criminal record for property crimes, weapons violations and other drug-related offences.
During a live broadcast on his social media profile on 3 November, he told his followers that he intended to escape house arrest in order to carry out a terrorist attack. Shortly afterwards, he left his home and posted another video showing that he had removed his electronic tag. On 5 November, the Milan court upheld the arrest and again ordered him to be placed under house arrest.
Source: https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/evade-annuncia-attentato-novembre-2025.html
04 November 2025
Tunisian minor arrested for terrorism and Egyptian minor searched
On 4 November 2025, a 17-year-old boy of Tunisian origin, who lived in Mortara, in the province of Pavia, was arrested by the ROS (Carabinieri Special Operations Group) for obtaining manuals on how to build explosive and incendiary devices using substances that are easily obtainable, and for expressing his willingness to fight in a conflict zone.
The investigation began in October 2024 with online monitoring, which revealed several accounts linked to the teenager. In these accounts, he encouraged other young people to swear allegiance to the Islamic State, as he had done.
Among his contacts were several individuals who had already been arrested for terrorism-related offences. The teenager’s network also included an Egyptian minor girl who lived in Milan. She was also searched by the Carabinieri.
Source: https://www.milanopavia.news/cronaca-pavia/terrorismo-arrestato-un-17enne-in-lomellina-voleva-combattere-per-lisis/
02 November 2025
Foreigner deported
On 2 November 2025, the Italian Minister of the Interior announced the expulsion and repatriation to his country of origin of a 34-year-old foreign national and Islamic extremist with multiple convictions. According to investigators, the man had boasted that a family member had been affiliated with a jihadist organisation and had praised a terrorist attack that caused numerous injuries in New York in 2017.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
24 October 2025
Italian arrested for terrorism
On 24 October 2025, Ludovico Giurgola, a 35-year-old man from Lizzanello in the province of Lecce, was placed under house arrest for sharing jihadist and anti-Semitic content via posts, videos, and stories on his social media profile. Among the materials seized were videos with Arabic and English subtitles that praised jihadist martyrdom and violence against Jewish people. The investigation began in 2024 when Giurgola was employed by the Trento provincial health services company. He was also known to the authorities due to his history of drug related offences.
Source: https://lecce.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_ottobre_24/inneggiava-all-isis-e-all-odio-antisemita-arrestato-35enne-salentino-ex-dipendente-della-asl-di-trento-c2d24a53-fcee-4fd8-b8f4-742730298xlk.shtml
21 October 2025
Tunisians arrested for terrorism
On 21 October 2025, O. S., a 33-year-old Tunisian man, was placed under house arrest and fitted with an electronic tag. He is domiciled in Sicignano degli Alburni, in the province of Salerno, but he was previously a guest at a reception centre for migrants. He is considered a serious suspect in the crime of inciting and justifying multiple terrorist offences committed via IT and telecommunications.
Specifically, he published and disseminated over 200 videos and numerous images on his TikTok social network profile praising Islamic jihad and the Islamic State.
Despite being searched in October 2024, he continued to spread jihadist propaganda.
Source: https://www.salerno24.news/2025/10/21/33enne-tunisino-arrestato-a-sicignano-perche-inneggiava-al-terrorismo/
16 October 2025
Italo-Moroccan arrested for terrorim
On 16 October 2025, the Bologna Digos (Special Operations Group) executed a precautionary measure order against an 18-year-old Italian of Moroccan origin who was under investigation for terrorism. The young man, a resident of the province of Ravenna, was placed in a community. In particular, the young man was among the active users of the “Al-Raud Media Archive”, a multimedia archive associated with the Islamic State that collects propaganda material from official channels of the Caliphate, such as Al Naba magazine, the Al-Furqan Media Foundation and Al-Bayan Radio.
In August 2025, when he was underage, he was one of 21 other underage individuals residing in various Italian provinces who were searched.
Source: https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/ravenna/cronaca/terrorismo-islamico-indagato-18-anni-sjw04wjp and https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/ravenna/cronaca/terrorismo-islamico-blitz-in-casa-c7cd1887
15 October 2025
Tunisian arrested for terrorism
On 15 October 2025, the Carabinieri’s ROS arrested Ahmed Oueslati, a 31-year-old Tunisian man on charges of incitement to commit a crime, with the specific aggravating factors of glorification of terrorism and the utilisation of IT or telematic tools.
The investigation was initiated as a result of operations conducted by the Anti-Terrorism Department and the Anti-Crime Department of Rome, which were part of a broader web patrolling initiative. This initiative led to the identification of a social media account on the TikTok platform that was found to contain jihadist content. The investigations revealed that the Tunisian man “displays a fundamentalist ideological/religious profile and is involved in a process of Islamist radicalisation. They lead a solitary life, reducing their social relations to the bare minimum, and are in financial difficulty despite having regular employment. They maintain a cautious and reserved conduct in their communications, and publish and disseminate material on social media platforms that is markedly jihadist in inspiration and clearly apologetic in content. This reveals their affinity with the Islamic State organisation and celebrates martyrdom.”
Sources: https://latinatu.it/contenuti-jihadisti-su-tik-tok-arrestato-31enne-tunisino/ and https://www.latinatoday.it/cronaca/terrorismo-materiale-jihadista-tik-tok-tunisino.html
07 October 2025
Minor arrested for terrorism
On 7 October 2025, a 15-year-old Tunisian boy was arrested in the province of Siena and placed in a community facility. He is accused of enlisting for the purposes of international terrorism and of carrying weapons or objects capable of causing harm. The investigation began in December 2024 when the Montepulciano Carabinieri intervened after the teenager’s father reported him missing. Less than two hours later, he was found wandering around the outskirts of the town. During the check, he was found to be in possession of a switchblade knife and openly expressed sympathy for Islamic terrorism. Investigations into his phone revealed that he had become radicalised through the internet, displaying a strong interest in jihadist themes. In addition, he had conducted numerous internet searches on jihad, different types of weaponry, how to travel to Syria and how to construct a bomb. Furthermore, after pledging allegiance to an organisation described as ‘a group of Muslims from all over the world who aim to support our oppressed brothers in Palestine, Syria, and even our Uyghur brothers in China’, the minor sought to accelerate his integration into the group. To this end, he took personal action to recruit others, sending the text of the oath to be rewritten and shared to an interlocutor, as required by the group’s rules.
Source: https://www.virgilio.it/notizie/siena-15enne-radicalizzato-giura-fedelta-alla-jihad-sul-cellulare-video-con-minacce-contro-i-miscredenti-1707193
03 October 2025
Algerian arrested for murder
On 3 October 2025, it emerged that an Algerian citizen had been arrested in Andria, Puglia, on the basis of a European arrest warrant issued by the Tribunal de Grand Instance de Lyon, France. The warrant was issued for an Algerian citizen accused of premeditated murder on religious grounds. The victim was a young Iraqi man with disabilities who belonged to the Assyrian Christian community in Lyon, France, and had gained notoriety as a digital creator who produced content about Christianity and criticised Islamic groups. The Algerian was waiting for the victim outside his home when he fatally stabbed him in the throat while he was in his wheelchair recording a video for social media. The victim was known for his online activity, which focused on spreading Christian messages and denouncing religious extremism.
The Algerian had found hospitality in Andria with some of his compatriots. The judicial authorities are currently investigating the latter’s possible responsibility or complicity in facilitating the fugitive’s escape and stay in Italy.
Source: https://www.virgilio.it/notizie/ucciso-sulla-sedia-a-rotelle-il-disabile-che-criticava-l-estremismo-islamico-arrestato-ad-andria-l-omicida-1706203
26 September 2025
Bengali deported
On 26 September 2025, following a detention at the Milan Repatriation Centre, a 22-year-old Bangladeshi man, Abdullah Masud, was expelled and repatriated for reasons of national security. Specifically, he promoted jihadist ideas on social media, fuelling propaganda and incitement to commit crimes motivated by discrimination. According to investigators, he celebrated al-Qaeda and Islamic State on social media, spreading racial hatred and inciting violence.
On 5 March, the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered a search of the young man’s home in the province of Asti. Investigators found manuals on how to make homemade explosives and guerrilla warfare techniques.
Sources: https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/09/25/news/jihadista_espulso_e_rimpatriato_presunto_terrorista_del_bangladesh-424869853/?rssimage and https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2025/09/25/news/rimpatriato_terrorista_bangladesh_polizia-15323873/
16 September 2025
Five individuals searched for terrorism
On 16 September 2025, it emerged that searches had recently been carried out in Bologna, Modena and Ravenna targeting five adults, some of whom were Italian citizens and some of whom were legal foreign nationals. The five individuals had been tracked down as part of a web monitoring operation which had linked them to IP addresses that had appeared on websites run by terrorist organisations mainly linked to the Islamic State and the Haqqani Network. In particular, they had been linked to the Al Raid Media Archive multimedia network.
Several telephone and computer devices were seized during the operation, some of which were used by the suspects’ minor children. Initial evidence of frequent browsing, consultation and exchange of propaganda material was found on these devices.
Source: https://corrieredibologna.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_settembre_16/bologna-propaganda-su-siti-che-inneggiano-al-terrorismo-islamico-cinque-perquisizioni-in-citta-a-modena-e-ravenna-8077beba-db25-4736-9dcc-cfbc800c3xlk.shtml
15 September 2025
Tunisian arrested for terrorism
On 15 September 2025, the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office re-arrested a 40-year-old Tunisian man who was already in prison as part of Operation Shaytan. The man, who had been living illegally in Italy for around 10 years, had been imprisoned several times for drug dealing and was due to be released in less than a year. While in prison, he glorified terrorism and incited others to carry out attacks. He said that he was ready to “die for Islam”. In his cell, he tried to convince his fellow inmates to wage jihad and follow the tenets of jihadist terrorism.
Investigations also revealed that he told his cellmates that he was a member of Ansar al-Sharia Tunisia and had links to al-Qaeda.
Sources: https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2025/09/15/news/terrorista_jihad_islam_carcere_torino-15310067/ and https://lamilano.it/torino/torino-custodia-cautelare-per-tunisino-sospettato-di-terrorismo-jihadista/
09 September 2025
Bengali arrested for terrorism
On 9 September 2025, Khalil Ullah, who was born in Bangladesh but lived in Castel Goffredo in the province of Mantua, was arrested for terrorism. He referred to himself as a “lover of Al-Qaeda” and a “warrior of God”. Like a teacher with his students, he indoctrinated young people into jihad, providing them with books, videos and references to texts by al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.
Ullah had previously been identified in an investigation in Genoa that led to the conviction of Faysal Rahman, a man who had joined the Pakistani terrorist group Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP), considered an offshoot of Al-Qaeda.
Source: https://www.giornaledibrescia.it/cronaca/mantova-arrestato-terrorismo-jihad-moschea-giovani-usy2vg4x
05 September 2025
Pakistani arrested for terrorism
On 5 September 2025, as part of Operation Medina led by the Trieste Public Prosecutor’s Office, Usama Usama, a 25-year-old Pakistani asylum seeker, was arrested at an asylum seekers’ centre for professing to be a member of the Islamic State and sharing jihadist propaganda videos on social media. He had also recently attempted to purchase firearms online and had been learning how to make homemade bombs.
The young foreigner had entered Italy illegally via the Balkan route in 2023. Without any identification documents, he had declared himself to be a minor at the time, entering the reception system and staying at a facility run by ICS.
Investigations revealed that the Pakistani man was a devout practitioner who did not attend mosques or cultural centres. He was shy and uninterested in integrating into Italian society or learning the language. Over time, the 25-year-old became radicalised online; he was very active on social media and had several profiles.
Source: https://www.ilpiccolo.it/nordest/terrorismo-un-fermo-trieste-o552kc4r
29 August 2025
Turkish arrested for terrorsm
On 29 August 2025, it was reported that Hasan Uzun, a 46-year-old Turkish national, had planned to assassinate Pope Francis during his visit to Trieste on 7 July 2024. The day before the visit, a gun was found in an abandoned trolley at the station bar. According to the investigation, the attack had been planned by IS-K. Uzun was extradited to Italy from the Netherlands, where he had been arrested by Interpol.
Source: https://www.corriere.it/cronache/25_agosto_29/trieste-isis-turca-aveva-ideato-l-anno-scorso-un-attentato-a-papa-francesco-arrestato-in-olanda-uno-dei-sospettati-753cac60-9783-46ba-9c44-ce68d8e56xlk.shtml
06 August 2025
Pakistani deported
On 6 August 2025, Ibtsam Ahmed Afzal, a Pakistani national, was deported for reasons of national security. He departed from Milan Malpensa Airport on a flight to Lahore. He had come to the attention of the authorities in the context of a complex investigation directed by the Brescia Prosecutor’s Office since 2022. In December 2023, he was arrested alongside another Pakistani national who had been naturalised as an Italian citizen, Syed Wasi Ahmed Shah. In April 2025, Ibtsam Ahmed Afzal was sentenced to one year and six months for inciting terrorism, while the other was acquitted.
Source: https://www.ilgiorno.it/brescia/cronaca/incitava-alla-violenza-e-allodio-razziale-giovane-pakistano-espulso-dallitalia-1ea7e43e
02 August 2025
Tunisian deported
On August 2, 2025, news emerged of an arrest made by police at Milan Malpensa Airport. The suspect, a 24-year-old Frenchman of Moroccan descent, was stopped while attempting to board a flight to Bahrain. The flight was already taxiing on the airport’s runway when the arrest occurred. The suspect was wanted by French authorities for evading a signature requirement; he had previously been detained in France for crimes related to jihadist terrorism.
According to law, the man is at the disposal of the Prosecutor General’s Office at the Court of Appeals in Milan, which is territorially competent for extradition practices.
Source: https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_agosto_02/ricercato-per-terrorismo-arrestato-24enne-francese-mentre-stava-per-decollare-in-aereo-a-malpensa-per-il-golfo-persico-76d3bdcf-a2dc-46a7-9d30-68ad75b75xlk.shtml
31 July 2025
22 minors searched for terrorism/extremism involvement
On 31 July 2025, the police carried out 22 searches across Italy targeting young people aged 13 to 17 who had become involved in extremist groups promoting supremacist, accelerationist, anarchist and jihadist ideologies.
Those searched included two 15-year-olds from the province of Oristano, a 13-year-old from the province of Cosenza, a 17-year-old from the province of Messina, and a 15-year-old from the province of Padua. The six minors were identified in an investigation by the Cagliari Public Prosecutor’s Office into a 14-year-old boy who had previously been searched in Oristano on 11 April. He had posted pictures on his Facebook profile in which he was disguised while holding cutting and shooting weapons.
A 17-year-old was searched in Sassari province, having emerged in an investigation launched by the Cagliari Public Prosecutor’s Office in 2023 against a 19-year-old who was arrested on 6 September 2024 for terrorism.
Two 17-year-olds were searched in Mantova and Ancona, while a 15-year-old resident of Bergamo was searched in Matera during the summer. These three minors emerged from an investigation into a 14-year-old boy who was searched on 6 February 2025 for propaganda and incitement to crime after publishing Nazi and anti-Semitic content online.
A further 15-year-old was investigated in the province of Taranto for propaganda and incitement to racial, ethnic and religious discrimination, as well as for the unlawful possession of stolen goods.
Another 16-year-old boy was searched in the province of Milan for posting messages on Telegram channels associated with right-wing supremacists and neo-Nazis.
Two other minors, aged 14 and 17 and living in Arezzo, as well as a 15-year-old boy living in the province of Florence, were also searched following investigations into several incidents of defacement which took place in San Giovanni Valdarno (AR) last March. These incidents revealed discriminatory and anti-Semitic conduct by the three individuals against the ‘anti-fascist’ ideology and all those who do not identify with the white race.
Two 16-year-olds living in Genoa were searched for disseminating fascist propaganda on social media.
A 17-year-old resident of the province of Ravenna was searched due to his links with jihadist propaganda.
Two minors, aged 14 and 16, living in the province of Livorno, were searched as they were responsible for making and bringing an explosive device to a public place, which they then detonated outside a high school during school hours at the end of May. The two young men had numerous chats containing images of armed guerrillas and firearms related to jihadism and supremacism.
Source: https://questure.poliziadistato.it/it/Bologna/articolo/3361688b3cf532665260589501
29 July 2025
Foreigner deported
On July 29, 2025, the Italian Minister of the Interior announced the deportation of a 30-year-old foreign national for public safety reasons. The individual had committed serious acts of violence and was identified as a potential terrorist due to his Islamic extremism.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
22 July 2025
Moroccan convicted of assaulting
On 22 July 2025, Halili El Mahdi was sentenced to one year in prison for assaulting the imam of the Via La Salle mosque (in Turin) on 8 December 2023. However, the judge did not recognise terrorism as an aggravating factor. Halili had specifically broken into the mosque and broken the imam’s tooth while shouting, ‘Hypocrite! Why don’t you send Muslims to fight in Palestine against Israel?’ “. On 13 February 2024, he assaulted two other bystanders.
Following the Turin court’s decision, Halili was released from Sassari prison, where he had been held for several months.
Halili had previously been convicted of terrorism and stripped of his Italian citizenship. He was due to be deported to Morocco, but this did not happen due to bureaucratic reasons.
While in prison, he continued to show signs of radicalisation, seeking converts and ‘preparing for action’.
Source: https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2025/07/25/news/scarcerato_halili_el_mahdi_terrorista_isis_lanzo-15245993/
17 July 2025
Foreigner deported
On 17 July 2025, the Italian Minister of the Interior announced the deportation and repatriation of a 42-year-old foreign national for reasons of public safety. The individual had committed serious acts of violence and was under scrutiny for suspected Islamic extremism in the context of terrorism prevention.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
13 July 2025
Iranian arrested for terrorism
On 13 July 2025, a 16-year-old Iranian citizen and resident of the Milan province was arrested for propaganda, apology of terrorism, and for training for terrorist purposes, aggravated by the use of telematics.
The young man had several social media profiles, which he frequently changed in an attempt to evade police monitoring. On these profiles, he referred to himself as a ‘skyscraper nightmare’.
Monitoring revealed that he had gradually abandoned his original Shia Muslim religious beliefs and embraced the cause of the Islamic State. Intending to establish an Islamic State province in Italy, he had asked someone abroad for the contact details of a Daesh representative. He offered to appear in a video taking the oath of allegiance to ISIS.
The investigation was accelerated in light of recent events in Iran: the teenager expressed impatience at being ‘forced to live in the land of the kuffar’ and even considered carrying out violent actions against non-believers under the auspices of the Islamic State.
Source: https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/nazionale/arrestato-16enne-iraniano-vicino-allisis-suo-piano-choc-2509332.html
02 July 2025
Prison officer attacked
On 2 July 2025, an inmate attacked a prison officer in the Vercelli hospital prison ward, shouting “Allah Akbar”. This happened after the officer had allowed the prisoner to leave the room to use the toilet.
Source: https://www.lastampa.it/vercelli/2025/07/02/news/detenuto_aggredisce_una_guardia_carceraria_in_ospedale_a_vercelli-15215689/
01 July 2025
Three Moroccans and a Tunisian requested compensation
On 1 July 2025, the Court of Perugia dismissed the case against three Moroccans and a Tunisian who had been investigated for terrorism. The four individuals had been expelled in July 2022 as they were considered to be highly active in jihadist propaganda, particularly via social networks.
They lived in Perugia with their wives and children, and had regular employment with fixed-term contracts.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office had already requested the case be archived in 2023.
The four individuals now wish to return to Italy and are seeking EUR 2 million in compensation.
Sources: https://www.perugiatoday.it/cronaca/terrorismo-espulsi-inchiesta-archiviata-richiesta-danni.html and https://www.lacnews24.it/italia-mondo/errore-giudiziario-espulsione-italia-risarcimento-vr31zlo0
01 July 2025
Moroccan arrested for terrorism
On 1 July 2025, the police arrested a 24-year-old Moroccan man who lived in the Bergamo area. An investigation by the prosecutor’s office in Bologna, which began a few weeks ago, led to the man’s home and computer being searched. He had over 5,000 followers on social media, through which he posted jihadist material dedicated to armed struggle. He had also published his testament in Arabic.
According to initial investigations, the next step for the radicalised young man would have been to play an active role in the global jihad, potentially by carrying out a terrorist attack in the West. Thus, according to initial findings, he was prepared to carry out an attack.
Sources: https://www.ilgiornaleditalia.it/news/cronaca/717648/bologna-fermato-jihadista-marocchino-24enne-sui-suoi-social-video-propaganda-isis-post-per-martiri-islamici-e-testamento-in-arabo.html and https://www.secoloditalia.it/2025/07/terrorismo-faceva-propaganda-per-la-jihad-sui-social-arrestato-un-giovane-marocchino-a-bergamo/
30 June 2025
Tajik convicted of laundering luxury cars
On June 30, 2025, Ilkhomi Sayrakhmonzoda of Tajikistan was sentenced to six years in prison for trafficking and laundering luxury cars.
In April 2024, Ilkhomi was stopped at Fiumicino Airport with a fake passport. There was an international alert from Tajikistan that he was suspected of joining the Islamic State in Syria in 2014. However, subsequent investigations did not confirm terrorist ties.
Source: https://terninrete.it/notizie-di-terni-tagiko-recluso-a-terni-condannato-per-riciclaggio-auto-ma-non-per-terrorismo-jihadista/
24 June 2025
Requested a five-year prison sentence for Italo-Moroccan previously convicted of terrorism
On 24 June 2025, Davide Prete, a prosecutor at the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office, requested a five-year prison sentence for Halili El Madhi. El Madhi is a 30-year-old Moroccan who was naturalised as an Italian citizen. He had previously been convicted of terrorism and was released from prison in 2023.
After his release, he began proselytising on social media (via Facebook and private chats), contacting Italian citizens willing to embrace his ideas while living as a homeless person and sleeping on a park bench.
He also told friends and acquaintances that he was part of ISIS and that he planned to ‘achieve something’ that would make him important in the eyes of the world.
Sources: https://torino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_giugno_24/torino-chiesti-5-anni-per-halili-elmahdi-per-proselitismo-in-nome-dell-isis-percosse-un-imam-perche-non-incitava-alla-jihad-f0c1eeb9-3c65-4b24-85b0-84dd7a25cxlk.shtml and https://torinocronaca.it/news/torino/526393/volevo-fare-qualcosa-di-grande-per-lisis-chiesti-5-anni-a-halili-elmahdi.html
18 June 2025
Moroccan arrested for terrorism
On June 18, 2025, the ROS of the Carabinieri arrested a 20-year-old Moroccan organically part of the Islamic State Khorasan Province, in fact he had sworn allegiance to the terrorist organization.
He was born in Perugia, where lived with his family, and was warehouse worker but with high technological skills.
Investigations by the Perugia Prosecutor’s Office began in May and revealed that the young Moroccan man – a first-time offender – allegedly trained himself, through specific instructions found on the Islamic State’s official channels, to make homemade explosive devices, also having the technical-theoretical skills.
He would have maintained personal and virtual contacts with individuals to be indoctrinated. He would send them the propaganda material he acquired online over time.
The Moroccan probably became radicalized during his years in Morocco, where he studied chemistry and physics, before returning to Perugia. After returning to Italy, he gradually adopted increasingly radical Islamic views. Moreover, he had few acquaintances outside of work and the mosque.
Through the internet, he came into direct contact with a member of an ISKP training camp. He allegedly shared a plan of action with this individual. In fact, during the investigation, the Moroccan was training himself in the manufacture of homemade explosives.
Sources: https://www.rainews.it/tgr/umbria/video/2025/06/tgr-umbria-web-solani-arresto-terrorista-islamico-1200-logomp4-69a3ac2b-1c67-41a8-b3e9-4296832ec3a0.html and https://www.umbria24.it/cronaca/perugia-uomo-arrestato-per-terrorismo-e-eversione-dellordine-democratico/
15 June 2025
Tajik deported
On June 15, 2025, a 30-year-old Tajik man was deported because he was linked to Islamic State Khorasan Province, which is involved in planning attacks in Europe.
He was identified as part of an investigation aimed at countering the presence of radicalized individuals in the country. This investigation had already led to the removal of two other Tajik nationals who were considered a threat to national security.
There was also an international arrest warrant out for him. He was arrested on February 21 by the DIGOS of Bologna and Ravenna under the coordination of the Central Directorate of Prevention Police. After his release on April 11, he applied for international protection, which the Trieste Territorial Commission rejected as manifestly unfounded.
Sources: https://www.bolognatoday.it/cronaca/sicurezza-espulso-tagiko-isis-k-espulsioni-italia.html and https://www.triesteprima.it/cronaca/terrorista-islamico-espulso-trieste.html
11 June 2025
Italian released
On June 11, 2025, the Court of Review in Perugia released the 24-year-old Italian from Castiglione del Lago, who was arrested on May 26 on charges of self-training in terrorism. He is now under home detention with an electronic bracelet.
He was arrested for embarking on a course of self-training in terrorism after first becoming fascinated with supremacist and xenophobic theories, which led him to embrace the bloodiest form of jihadist Islamism.
Source: https://corrieredellumbria.it/news/cronaca/360211/arrestato-per-terrorismo-il-riesame-concede-i-domiciliari-al-24enne.html
06 June 2025
Moroccan suspected of terrorism
On June 6, 2025, Italian Police searched the apartment of a 35-year-old Moroccan man living in San Benedetto who was suspected of having significant ties to an ISIS-linked organization.
The man was eventually arrested on narcotics possession charges after Police found drugs during a thorough search of the apartment.
The Moroccan man was incensed but had a minor prior record that had not yet been resolved. He had been living in San Benedetto for some time, doing occasional odd jobs.
In addition to being arrested for drug possession, he is under investigation by the L’Aquila Public Prosecutor’s Office for inciting crimes and participating in a terrorist organization. Investigators discovered that, in June 2024, the Moroccan had accessed the website of an organization associated with Islamic State activity.
Source: https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/ascoli/cronaca/sospettato-di-terrorismo-viene-arrestato-e68280cc
26 May 2025
Italian arrested for terrorism
On May 26, 2025, Police arrested a 24-year-old Italian resident of Castiglione del Lago, Perugia, on charges of self-training for terrorism.
He was identified as part of a collaboration with the FBI involving IP addresses of individuals who accessed websites believed to be linked to jihadist organizations dedicated to propaganda, proselytizing, recruitment, and teaching techniques for making explosive devices.
However, the young man is not a jihadist, but rather a worshipper of Anders Breivik and Brenton Tarrant.
He actively frequented far-right online groups and advocated for the “genocide of the white race” that would be perpetrated by immigrants. According to the 24-year-old, immigrants must be physically eliminated.
The young man played online dressed as an ISIS fighter. He said that the mujahideen “taught everyone the power of a blood-watered myth. We must learn to die and make others die for Italy” through a “sacred war” against a “sick system.”
Source: https://corrieredellumbria.it/news/cronaca/354911/il-24enne-arrestato-per-terrorismo-uccidiamo-gli-stranieri-e-preserviamo-la-razza-bianca.html
21 May 2025
Egyptian arrested for terrorism
On May 21, 2025, police arrested Mohamed Ghonim, a 20-year-old Egyptian resident of Montevecchia, in the province of Lecco, and charged him with possession of terrorist material.
Ghonim had arrived in Italy in 2019 with his mother and two younger brothers to reunite with his father, a pizza maker. The family had integrated into the social fabric of the Lombard village of 2,600 people. Ghonim had never been in trouble with the police, had no social profile, and had no ties to political movements.
He was enrolled in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the State University of Milan, had studied chemical concepts and was familiar with so-called precursor products.
He was in contact with Islamic State representatives on Telegram, while construction manuals and jihadist propaganda were found in his home and on his smartphone.
The investigation was launched at the prompting of the AISE, the Agency of Information for External Security, and was conducted by the Lecco Public Prosecutor’s Office. The investigation into the young Egyptian’s contacts will now be continued by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Milan.
Source: https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/ghonim-studente-jihadista-il-corso-ca6cb9a6
17 May 2025
Lebanese arrested for terrorism
On May 17, 2025, a 24-year-old Lebanese man was arrested in Campobasso, Italy, on charges of possession of material for the purpose of international terrorism, incitement to commit a crime, and apologia for terrorism.
This is the first arrest in which the new rule introduced in the penal code, i.e. “Possession of material for the purpose of terrorism”, is applied.
A large number of jihadist propaganda videos and images were found on his three smartphones. Among the media files found were several videos in which the young man praises jihad against Christians and Jews and calls on Muslims to follow him on his terrorist path.
Source: https://www.isnews.it/2025/05/17/operazione-antiterrorismo-in-carcere-un-libanese-negli-smartphone-video-e-immagini-di-propaganda-jihadista/
14 May 2025
Tunisians deported
On May 14, 2025, the Italian Minister of the Interior announced that 10 people had been deported, including a dangerous terrorist.
The terrorist is Taha Boussetta, a 40-year-old Tunisian, resident of a small town in the province of Chieti, who came into the attention of the Carabinieri of the Special Operations Group (Ros) for glorifying Islamic terrorism, publishing Facebook posts with photos of weapons and phrases containing violent content.
Sources: Italian Ministry of the Interior and https://abruzzosera.it/cronaca/chieti-espulso-cittadino-tunisino-per-legami-con-terrorismo-e-contenuti-violenti-sui-social/
06 May 2025
Bengalis arrested for terrorism
On May 6, 2025, 21-year-old Himel Ahmed and 18-year-old Munna Tapader were arrested for disseminating Islamic State propaganda materials and glorifying jihad and martyrdom.
The investigation, coordinated by the Palermo Prosecutor’s Office, began in March 2025 on a tip from the Internal Security Agency. The two young men were placed under house arrest with electronic bracelets.
Himel Ahmed was reportedly born in Italy, is of Bengali descent, and holds dual Italian and Bengali citizenship. He is reported to be a resident of Palermo and a student at the university.
Munna Tapader, on the other hand, turns out to be a Bengali citizen residing in Castelvetrano.
Sources: https://www.palermotoday.it/cronaca/jihad-terrorismo-fermi-palermo.html and https://www.secoloditalia.it/2025/05/inneggiavano-sui-social-a-jihad-e-violenza-contro-i-miscredenti-due-giovani-originari-del-bangladesh-arrestati-per-terrorismo/ and https://www.lapresse.it/cronaca/2025/05/09/terrorismo-arrestati-due-giovani-a-palermo-inneggiavano-alla-jihad/
24 April 2025
Bangladeshi arrested for terrorism
On April 24, 2025, an individual, Abdullah M., from Bangladesh, aged 24, was investigated for terrorism by the Public Prosecutor of Turin. He was in a Reception Center in Castello di Annone, in the province of Asti, Piedmont. Later, he was transferred to the Repatriation Center in Milan.
The investigation against Abdullah began in May 2023, when the Police telegram and web monitoring team discovered the Bengali using the web as a megaphone of hatred against Israel and the West. He had also opened a Telegram and Instagram channel with the surname Emwazi, a reference to the famous British jihadist Mohammed Emwazi, also known as Jihadi John, who was seen by Abdullah as a “star” to emulate.
Source: https://www.lastampa.it/asti/2025/04/24/news/jihadi_john_boia_web_castello_d_annone-15116085/
18 April 2025
Tunisian arrested for terrorism
On the morning of 18 April 2025, on the order of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Catanzaro, the Counter-Terrorism Unit arrested a Tunisian resident of Cosenza, Calabria, for participation in a terrorist association, namely the Islamic State, in the role of organizer.
The Tunisian was also wanted in his home country for involvement in terrorist activities and was determined to commit a terrorist act in Italy in the near future.
The investigation revealed that, in addition to proselytising and inciting hatred against Jews, the Italian way of life, etc., the organisation under investigation was also involved in exploiting illegal immigration; in fact, the investigation revealed the organisation’s ability to manage the flow of illegal immigrants from Tunisia to Italy, both in terms of the material transfer of illegal immigrants and the use of false documents to allow them to stay illegally in Italy.
Source: https://www.lanuovacalabria.it/terrorismo-un-arresto-a-cosenza-si-professava-pro-isis-ed-era-pronto-ad-un-attentato
10 April 2025
Italo-Moroccan released
Rachid Karroua, an Italian-Moroccan national, was released from prison following a decision by the Brescia Review Court.
Karroua was apprehended in late March on charges of self-training for the purpose of terrorism.
During the search of his garage, numerous sheets with messages praising jihad had been found; in addition, there were 57 Arabic-language manuscripts hanging on the wall reproducing jihadist propaganda and exaltation content.
Source: https://www.bresciaoggi.it/territorio-bresciano/brescia/terrorismo-islamico-disposta-l-immediata-scarcerazione-per-il-46enne-di-barghe-1.12645753
09 April 2025
Pakistani convicted and another acquitted
The Court of Brescia decided – in an abbreviated procedure – on the position of two Pakistani youths, Ibtsam Ahmed Afzal and Syed Wasi Ahmed Shah, the latter a naturalised Italian.
The former was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months, of which he had already served during the remand order; the latter, by contrast, was acquitted.
The two young men had been arrested in December 2023, accused of sharing content on social media that incited jihad and racial hatred.
Source: https://www.quibrescia.it/processi/2025/04/09/terrorismo-a-brescia-uno-assolto-laltro-condannato-a-18-mesi-per-apologia-tramite-social/761214/
01 April 2025
Mines Hodza convicted of terrorism
The Trento Court of Appeals partially reformed the first instance sentence, reducing the sentence from 3 years and 8 months to 3 years imprisonment, due to the recognized partial incapacity of the defendant Mines Hodza.
Hodza, of Kosovar descent, had been arrested in June 2022 because he was concretely planning an attack on Trentino territory. His wife had already been acquitted in the first instance.
Source: https://www.ladige.it/territori/riva-arco/2025/04/01/terrorismo-jihadista-sentenza-confermata-per-il-perito-chimico-dell-alto-garda-1.4038307
20 March 2025
Moroccan arrested for terrorism
Rachid Karroua – 46-year-old man of Moroccan origin with Italian citizenship – was arrested by the police in Brescia, where he had lived with his family for several years. The investigation began in November 2023 and was coordinated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Perugia.
The Moroccan appeared in an investigation conducted by the Cyber Security Operations Center (Cosc) of Perugia. Specifically, during a series of undercover operations, information emerged about the suspect’s presence in a number of Whatsapp groups attributed to the Islamic State, to which he could only gain access by invitation of another member.
It was also determined that his research on open sources included manuals and instructions for making homemade weapons. In addition, police found many handwritten papers in his apartment referring to martyrdom and “holy war”.
Sources: https://brescia.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_marzo_21/inneggiava-alla-jihad-arrestato-per-terrorismo-operaio-46enne-di-barghe-66bec383-8e24-48bb-a918-6c5039c98xlk.shtml and https://www.poliziadistato.it/articolo/1667dbf700ebb4e984994992
13 March 2025
Young man arrested for terrorism
A young (22-year-old Italian of second generation) electronics expert was arrested in Merano by the Carabinieri of Bolzano on charges of terrorism (270 quinquies Penal Code) and racial hatred. The arrest followed an investigation launched in September 2023 on the basis of information provided by the Italian intelligence services. His social profile, through which anti-Semitic and Islamic State material was disseminated, had been identified, despite he used IT tricks to avoid being identified.
The young man claimed in his telephone and telematic communications that he was in the process of preparing a homemade device (of the TATP type), for which he asked for instructions on how to build a remote detonator, for which he acquired electronic components, and expressed constant indoctrination activities towards cohabiting family members, including a younger brother (10 years old), and discussed with another adult brother, the subject of a search, the purchase of a firearm. He had also pledged allegiance to the Islamic State through a chat room.
He was previously investigated (in 2020) by the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office of Bolzano, which placed the youth in a de-radicalization program, which faild becouse of Covid-19.
Sources: https://corrieredeltrentino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_marzo_15/perito-arrestato-per-terrorismo-a-merano-aveva-giurato-fedelta-allo-stato-islamico-8a006e4e-811d-4423-a9f3-9f5cc56d6xlk.shtml and https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/attualit/pianificava-attentati-bombe-telecomandate-chi-jihadista-2451513.html and https://www.altoadige.it/cronaca/bolzano/terrorismo-jihadista-e-odio-razziale-arrestato-in-alto-adige-un-giovane-perito-elettrotecnico-preparava-un-ordigno-artigianale-1.4022122
12 March 2025
Egyptian man arrested for assault
Just today news broke of a 56-year-old Egyptian man, E.A., who in February assaulted two Municipal Police officers who stopped him for a check while he was driving a van. He had failed to yield to a pedestrian crossing the street from a crosswalk.
The Egyptian threatened the officers, then shouted “Allah will punish you,” and when he tried to free himself, he assaulted the officers, who returned to work today after a 22-day prognosis.
Source: https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/allah-vi-punira-picchia-polizia-locale.html
03 March 2025
Pakistanis arrested for terrorism
On March 3, 2025, 11 Pakistanis (10 men and 1 woman) were arrested on terrorism charges. 10 were arrested in Spain and one in Italy, in Piacenza, at the request of Spanish authorities.
The Pakistani arrested in Piacenza is 32 years old and has been a legal resident in Italy for 4 years. He worked for a local company for 2 years as a worker on a permanent contract. In addition, he had already been targeted by the Genoa Prosecutor’s Office during Operation Gabar, which led to the arrest of several Pakistanis who had already been convicted of terrorism.
The group in question was perfectly hierarchical and structured, based in Barcelona. Through encrypted channels, it issued calls for the murder and beheading of those who opposed its doctrine, that of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). The group has also identified possible targets (i.e., people deemed to be blasphemers).
It should be noted that a targeting sub-group, led by one of the arrested (a woman) and composed entirely of women, not only promoted indoctrination but also to identify possible targets for future action.
The woman in question, 48-year-old Kaloom A., is the wife of the group’s leader, 54-year-old Ali A.
Sources: https://www.liberta.it/news/cronaca/2025/03/06/arrestato-nella-nostra-provincia-un-pakistano-ricercato-per-terrorismo/ and https://www.ilpiacenza.it/cronaca/arrestato-nel-piacentino-un-pakistano-indagato-per-terrorismo.html and https://www.elperiodico.cat/ca/societat/20250309/missatges-dona-cellula-gihadista-desarticulada-barcelona-declararem-guerra-separarem-cap-cos-115099022
2 March 2025
Foreigner deported
On March 2, 2025, the Italian Minister of the Interior stated that a 34-year-old foreign national, identified by Intelligence as being close to extremist circles and a terrorist organization, was repatriated to his country of origin after being discovered in Vittoria (Sicily).
Source: Ministry of the Interior
28 February 2025
Foreigner deported
A foreign national, expelled from Italy because he was considered a threat to national security, has appealed to the Umbria Regional Administrative Court.
For the authorities, he had completed “a path of radicalization, matured also by frequenting places of worship and subjects distinguished for having adopted radical religious positions” close to Islamic terrorism and support for the self-proclaimed caliphate.
In particular, he had visited “a compatriot convicted of crimes under article 270 bis and of incitement to commit crimes. The foreigner had also “published, via the Internet, messages of support for preachers linked to extremist circles”, inviting “also to support the fighters in Syria and Iraq.”
In the end, the Administrative Court rejected the appeal, agreeing with the Ministry of the Interior, which considered the foreigner a threat to national security.
Source: https://www.perugiatoday.it/cronaca/terrorista-espluso-tar-perugia.html
24 February 2025
Tunisian released
Tunisian Taha Boussetta – arrested in May 2024 by Carabinieri in Abruzzo, Italy – is released. The charges were participation in a terrorist association (regarding Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad) and incitement to commit crimes with the aim of terrorism. The first charge was dropped, the second – incitement to commit a crime – remains, but as the maximum time for the pre-trial measure has expired, the Tunisian, born in 1984, was released.
- Since the year 2023, Boussetta and his family have been living in Fresagrandinaria, in the Abruzzo region, due to a protection program dedicated to refugees.
- Boussetta had a rapid and intensive process of autoradicalization in particular since October 7, 2023.
- He was in Facebook contact with the terrorist Lasoued Abdessalam, perpetrator of the terrorist attack in Brussels on October 16, 2023. They also met in Abruzzo before Abdessalam traveled to Belgium.
- He spread jihadist propaganda material on Twitter, WhatsApp and Soundcloud.
Sources: https://chiaroquotidiano.it/2025/02/24/fresagrandinaria-torna-libero-luomo-accusato-di-terrorismo/ and https://chiaroquotidiano.it/2024/05/29/arresto-per-terrorismo-il-39enne-al-centro-di-un-rapido-processo-di-autoradicalizzazione-islamista/
20 February 2025
15-year-old arrested for terrorism
On February 16, 2025, a 15-year-old (Italian second generation) was arrested as he had a plan to kill a homeless man, film the crime on video, and then disseminate it on the deep web.
From available information, the young man was in contact with the neo-Nazi group 769, to which he had demonstrated his loyalty by daubing walls. Online, he was researching explosives (he had taken selfies in a video in which he detonated a crude device), the emotional state of terrorists, and the perception of martyrs’ pain.
On February 20, 2025, news came out that the young 15-year-old was an Islamic youth from an immigrant family. On the surface, he was perfectly integrated in Bolzano, so much so that he spoke Italian and German correctly, but in reality, he was “ready for martyrdom for the cause of Islam”.
In addition, beyond his proximity to the 769 group, the young man had approached jihadist circles online.
Sources: https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/attualit/pianificava-attentati-bombe-telecomandate-chi-jihadista-2451513.html and https://corrieredeltrentino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_febbraio_16/bolzano-il-quindicenne-satanista-arrestato-per-terrorismo-era-molto-determinato-a-colpire-con-le-scritte-764-aveva-dimostrato-la-921e5365-a615-4cee-a75b-a7032103fxlk.shtml?refresh_ce and https://corrieredeltrentino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_febbraio_18/quindicenne-arrestato-per-terrorismo-fdi-porta-il-caso-in-parlamento-era-pronto-al-martirio-per-l-islam-18f4104c-0823-4795-b311-f2d5ee1efxlk.shtml?refresh_ce
11 February 2025
Egyptian deported
An Egyptian man already convicted of terrorism in his country will be repatriated. He had come to Italy illegally in early February 2025 by landing in Lampedusa. He told the authorities that in his homeland he was accused of being a jihadist, which is why he had fled.
The Police Commissioner stated that the Egyptian “claimed to belong to the terrorist organisation Daesh and to proselytise children at a school he had created and directed, with funds whose origin was not specified”.
Source: https://www.lavocedelpatriota.it/svolta-sul-trattenimento-del-presunto-jihadista-sara-rimpatriato-i-giudici-si-contraddicono/
30 January 2025
Foreigners deported
On 30 January 2025, the Ministry of the Interior stated that it had deported 3 foreigners for reasons of national security.
One of them is a 38-year-old man with a history of drug and personal and property offences, who had applied for asylum but was rejected. In the Rome Repatriation Centre, he showed signs of radicalisation, even refusing to meet the probation magistrate because she was a woman.
The second expelled is 35 years old and is accused of being a human trafficker. He was detained in Catanzaro, then transferred to the Pian del Lago Repatriation Centre.
The third one is a 36-year-old man, with several criminal records, reported for having threatened an Imam during a celebration, in the San Lorenzo district in Rome.
Source: https://catanzaro.gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/cronaca/2025/01/30/il-viminale-rimpatria-tre-stranieri-uno-era-detenuto-a-catanzaro-con-laccusa-di-essere-un-trafficante-di-esseri-umani-4dd7095b-2891-42ff-a5f9-e35a818b3327/
23 January 2025
Moroccan arrested for terrorism
On 22 January 2025, Firaoun Mourad, a 34-year-old Moroccan resident in San Giuseppe Vesuviano, was arrested in Naples. He is accused of terrorism and of being a member of the IslamicState.
The man had been under surveillance since the summer of 2024, and on 20 October he had made an inspection in the Chiaia district, in particular in Via Cappella Vecchia, where there is a synagogue.
He had never really integrated in the West and never failed to emphasise his aversion to Jews and Westerners, in particular to women. He also had few acquaintances and worked occasionally.
#Italy #immigrant #Morocco #jihadism #terrorism #radicalisation
Source: https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/arrestato-marocchino-pro-isis-progettava-attacco-agli-ebrei-2427150.html
14 January 2025
Foreign Terrorist Fighter deported
On January 14, 2025, the Italian Minister of the Interior stated that a 36-year-old foreigner – reported by Intelligence as a fighter in war zones – was expelled for National Security reasons.
The man was detained at the Milan Repatriation Centre and was later repatriated to his country of origin on a charter flight from Palermo.
#ForeignTerroristFighter #FTF #jihadism #terrorism #Italy
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
11 January 2025
Tunisians deported
The two individuals deported from Italy on January 10, 2025, were the Tunisians Anis T., 34 years old, and Khalef Mohamed H., 30 years old. They arrived illegally in Italy from the Mediterranean route in November and May last year respectively.
They lived in a cellar of a building in the centre of Ariccia (Rome) together with two other illegal Tunisians. They were dealing drugs and for this they were arrested, but during controls terrorist alerts emerged.
#terrorism #drug #immigrant #jihadism #ISIS
Source: https://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/metropoli/arrestati_spaccio_ma_erano_terroristi_espulsi_tunisini-8585724.html
10 January 2025
Tunisians deported
According to the Italian Minister of the Interior, on January 10, 2025, two foreigners illegally staying in the country, flagged by Intelligence for their extremist views, were expelled and returned to their country of origin.
Since October 2022, 181 individuals dangerous to National Security have been expelled.
#terrorism #extremism #radicalisation #deportations #foreigners #immigrants
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior

31 December 2024
Egyprian arrested
At 10.30 a.m. on 31 December, Egyptian Muhammad Sitta wounded four people in the street with a knife and then lunged at a carabiniere who had intervened to stop him.
The man was shot by the carabinieri of the Villa Verucchio station, near Rimini.
In the past few days he had allegedly made threats against passers-by.
Sources: https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/rimini/cronaca/ultime-parole-sitta-accoltellatore-ezsydj92 and https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronaca-locale/rimini-egiziano-accoltella-4-persone-strada-e-aggredisce-i-2418000.html
26 December 2024
More info on the 5 arrested
More info on the 5 arrested on Christmas Eve in Italy.
1. the group leader is Rida Mushtaq, a 22-year-old Pakistani girl living and raised in the Bolognina neighborhood of Bologna. She had returned from Pakistan 10 days before her arrest.
2. Hasham Mushtaq, the younger brother of Rida Mushtaq, is 19 years old and born in Bologna; he was indoctrinated in about 6 months by his sister.
3. Ryhem Guerroudj, an 18-year-old woman of Algerian descent residing in Spoleto; together with the Pakistani woman they ran several Instagram, Twitter and TikTok profiles with which they proselytized and “spread hatred against the infidels who must be annihilated or their lives ruined.” She had also searched online for flights to countries in central Africa where there are training camps.
4. Alcu Firat, a 27-year-old Turkish man living in Monfalcone, already under investigation by the Udine Public Prosecutor’s Office and convicted in Turkey for financing terrorism; he is a restaurateur, and in his two establishments (kebabs) he was ostensibly proselytizing; he also wanted to open a mosque.
5. a 20-year-old Moroccan resident of Milan, currently abroad in Ethiopia; he left last November without his mother’s knowledge.
… those arrested had made contacts to travel abroad and join jihadist militias…
Source: Various articles
24 December 2024
Five arrested for terrorism
On 24 December 2024, five young foreigners were arrested as part of an anti-terrorism operation by the Bologna Public Prosecutor’s Office. Four suspects are accused of forming a terrorist association called Da’wa Italia, through which they disseminated al-Qaeda and Islamic State propaganda material.
The fifth suspect is the brother of the group’s main suspect, a pakistani young girl. The fifth suspect is accused of training with the purpose of terrorism.
The investigation began in September 2023 while monitoring jihadist circuits.
#terrorism #jihadism #IslamicState #alQaeda #Italy
Source: https://askanews.it/2024/12/24/terrorismo-islamico-blitz-del-ros-dei-carabinieri-promuovevano-al-qaeda-e-isis-5-arresti/
6 December 2024
Foreign Terrorist Fighter convicted
The Milan Court of Appeal upheld a 10-year prison sentence for the Moroccan Islamic State member Samir Bougana. He has been convicted for kidnapping and torturing a 14-year-old Kurdish Yazidi boy who refused to convert to Islam while they were in Syria between 2014 and 2015. Bougana tied him up several times, beat him with sticks and pipes, and tortured him with electric shocks.
Bougana was previously sentenced to four years for participating in a terrorist organisation. He radicalised between Italy and Germany, then he left Europe for Syria in 2014 joining Islamic State. He was first arrested in 2019 in Kobane, and then repatriated to Italy.
#Yazidi #Syria #Italy #terrorism #jihadism #IslamicState #torture
Sources: https://brescia.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_dicembre_06/nessuno-sconto-per-il-foreign-fighter-confermata-la-condanna-a-10-anni-59b98445-d3f8-4b09-8e58-b7f004ae9xlk.shtml and https://www.ilgiorno.it/bergamo/cronaca/confermata-la-condanna-a-10-2be373da
1 December 2024
Turkish arrested for terrorism
On 1 December 2024, police arrested Welat Cetinkaya, a 50-year-old Turkish citizen wanted for international terrorism, at a bed and breakfast in Ciampino, Rome. A European arrest warrant issued in 2022 by the Stuttgart Regional Superior Court was pending on him. Cetinkaya is allegedly linked to the Oct. 23 bombing in Ankara at the headquarters of an aerospace company that killed five people and injured 22.
#terrorism #Italy #Giubileo #Turkey
Source: https://castelliromani.news/ciampino-digos-terrorismo-internazionale/
30 November 2024
Kenian girl arrested for terrorism
On November 30, 2024, Italian police stopped Hafsa Bakari Mohamed, a 19-year-old Kenyan girl, at Orio al Serio Airport, near Bergamo. The young woman is charged with enlisting for the purpose of terrorism.
She was about to board a plane bound for Turkey, a transit country for the Middle Eastern theater of war.
The investigation began in October by monitoring the Internet and social media; in fact, the young girl was posting videos with increasing intensity, including a video of her wearing a niqab.
#young #radicalisation #Kenya #Italy #women #IslamicState #ISIS #Syria #Iraq
Source: https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/andava-combattere-l-isis-polizia-ferma-19enne-all-aeroporto-bergamo-AGMXvSZB?refresh_ce=1
29 November 2024
Egyptian convicted of terrorism
The Tribunal of Monza sentenced Mohamed Nosair, a 50-year-old Egyptian man living in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy, to five and a half years’ imprisonment and then to deportation from Italy. He was accused of having “downloaded and shared” videos praising terrorism.
#IslamicState #ISIS #terrorism #radicalization #Egypt
Source: https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/condanna-abf41ab6
13 November 2024
Italo-Egyptian convicted of terrorism
The 45-year-old Egyptian – with Italian citizenship – Alaa Rafei was sentenced to five years imprisonment for terrorism by the Court of Milan.
Rafei had been arrested in October 2023 together with Mohamed Nosair – 50-year-old Egyptian with residence permit. Nosair will be tried with ordinary rite at the court of Monza.
#terrorism #jihadism #radicalisation #Italy #IslamicState
Source: https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_novembre_13/milano-egiziano-sui-social-scriveva-ciabattate-a-meloni-condannato-a-5-anni-per-terrorismo-fa-proselitismo-per-l-isis-2d27db5f-ae0e-4337-b073-28bb27bc6xlk.shtml
12 November 2024
Tunisian deported
30-year-old Tunisian Jihed Ayari was arrested on November 12 in Olbia, Sardinia. He arrived in southern Sardinia a few weeks ago on a small boat. Once recognized, the police took him to the Macomer Repatriation Centre. In August 2023 he had already been expelled and repatriated.
Source: https://www.unionesarda.it/news-sardegna/gallura/tunisino-condannato-per-terrorismo-arrestato-a-olbia-era-stato-espulso-nel-2023-g2l50je6
7 November 2024
Foreigner deported
On 7 November, the Ministry of the Interior stated that a foreigner, flagged by Intelligence for his extremist positions, was repatriated to his home country from the Palermo airport.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
28 October 2024
Foreigner deported
On 28 October 2024, the Italian Ministry of the Interior said that a foreign national, who was glorifying Islamic terrorism, tried to re-enter Italy irregularly. Immediately intercepted by Police Forces, after being detained in Palermo Repatriation Center, he was repatriated to his country of origin.
#terrorism #radicalisation #immigrant #deportation #jihadism
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
23 October 2024
Italian teen arrested for terrorism
On 23 October 2024, police arrested a 14-year-old Italian youth (from a Catholic family) as he was considered dangerous and in possession of offensive objects and ammunition. The boy was placed in a juvenile community.
He consulted jihadist propaganda material, such as videos showing suicide attacks prepared by minors, also turned out to be the owner of two Telegram groups created for Islamic State supporters and with the aim of creating an IS province in Italy.
#terrorism #radicalisation #jihadism #Italy
Source: https://www.lecronachelucane.it/2024/10/31/terrorismo-islamico-a-potenza-la-polizia-arresta-un-14enne/
18 October 2024
Member of a terrorist organization deported
On 18 October 2024, the Italian interior ministry stated that a 26-year-old foreigner was deported. The foreigner was a member of a terrorist organization also active in arms trafficking, and was promptly stopped while attempting to enter Italy illegally. Then, after being detained in the Caltanissetta Repatriation Center, he was repatriated to his home country.
#terrorism #extremism #jihadism #radicalisation #immigrant #deportation
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
15 October 2024
Foreigner deported
On 15 October 2024, a 32-year-old man was deported. The foreigner had arrived in Italy illegally seven years ago and was responsible for a serious crime in 2022. The deportation decree was issued by the Prefect of the Lombardia region and the Mantova Police Headquarter’s officers accompanied the man to Milan Malpensa airport, where he was boarded on a flight to his country of origin.
#radicalisation #extremism #terrorism #immigrant
Source: https://questure.poliziadistato.it/it/Mantova/articolo/1022670fb275e0997960714026
13 October 2024
Foreigner deported
Italy’s Interior Ministry said on Oct. 13 that a foreigner was deported (from Palermo) again after trying to return to Italy. Investigations showed he was close to extremist circles.
#terrorism #immigrant #radicalisation #jihadism #extremism
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
8 October 2024
Pakistani deported
On 8 October 2024, the Italian Interior Ministry issued an expulsion decree for Pakistani Imam Zulfiqar Khan. He had been preaching hate for months inside his mosque on Via Jacopo di Paolo in Bologna. He has been inciting jihad, Hamas, and using violent words against Israel and the West in general.
The 54-year-old Pakistani had entered Italy in 1995 and held a residence permit, which was revoked at the time of his deportation.
#terrorism #jihadism #Hamas #Jihad #immigrant #deportation #Pakistan
Source: https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/cronaca/espulso-imam-zulfiqar-khan-cxu25kns
7 October 2024
Foreigner deported
On 7 October 2024, the Minister of the Interior said that a foreign citizen, flagged by intelligence as a dangerous Islamic extremist, tried to enter Italy by providing false personal details. Immediately stopped by the police, he was deported and repatriated to his country of origin.
#terrorism #radicalization #extremism
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
5 October 2024
Foreigner deported
The Italian Ministry of the Interior stated on 5 October 2024 that a foreign national, who came to the attention of investigators because he was in contact with individuals linked to the Islamic State, was deported by the Minister of the Interior for reasons of security and prevention of terrorism. Investigations also revealed that he was planning terrorist attacks. Police forces then repatriated him from Turin airport to his home country.
#terrorism #jihadism #immigrant #deportation #Italy #radicalisation #intelligence
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
4 October 2024
Egyptian arrested
On 4 October 2024, Saied El Naijar, a 22-year-old Egyptian man, was arrested by the police. He worked in a pizza shop in Bergamo, located in front of the church of St. Alexander. He had been in Italy for a few months with an expiring residence permit, and according to investigators, he was planning attack in the mentioned church.
The investigation began in September following investigations into his online profiles. The young man had also posted personal photos while slinging weapons, and was in synergy with other individuals with whom he shared common plans.
#ISK #terrorism #jihadism #IslamicState #immigrant
Sources: https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/attualit/se-questo-coltello-entra-nel-corpo-umano-i-messaggi-2376587.html and https://www.ilgiorno.it/bergamo/cronaca/terrorismo-grlbvmkb
3 October 2024
Italo-Tunisian deported
On 3 October 2024, police in Turin deported Emin Mohamed Ghouili, as he was found to have social media relationships with three fellow countrymen affiliated with Islamic State, who were recently arrested in Kuwait on suspicion of planning an attack.
Ghouli is a 24-year-old Italian-Tunisian who had a history of robbery, drugs and family abuse. He is the son of Mohamed Ben Ghouili, who was already deported in 2005 for similar reasons, and an Italian woman who raised him.
#terrorism #jihadism #radicalisation #immigrant #deportation
Source: https://www.torinotoday.it/cronaca/espulso-terrorismo-isis-3-ottobre-2024.html
1 October 2024
Tunisian teen arrested for terrorism
On 1 October 2024, a 17-year-old Tunisian resident of Taranto, Apulia, was arrested for training for the purpose of terrorism. Police during a search of the boy’s home found handwritten sheets with instructions, drawings and calculations for designing and building a rocket. Islamic State propaganda was also found in his electronic devices.
#jihadism #IslamicState #ISIS #terrorism #immigrant
Source: https://www.corriereditaranto.it/2024/10/01/arrestato-17enne-in-odore-di-terrorismo/
26 September 2024
Foreigner deported
On 26 September 2024, the Italian Ministry of the Interior declared that a foreigner dangerous to national security was expelled and repatriated. The man, who entered Italy irregularly, had been flagged by the Intelligence agency for his extremist views. After being detained in a Sicilian Repatriation Center, he was returned to his country of origin from the Palermo airport.
#jihadism #terrorism #deportation #immigrant
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
25 September 2024
Tunisian deported
On 25 September 2024, the Police Commissioner of Vercelli issued a deportation order for a 32-year-old Tunisian, who also had his ‘special protection’ for immigrants revoked.
He had been investigated last May by the L’Aquila Carabinieri. The investigation showed that he had repeatedly expressed his ideological support for the terrorist organisations Islamic State and Hamas on social networks, by sharing posts praising jihad.
On social networks, he was a friend of Abdesalem Lassoued, a 45-year-old Tunisian living illegally in Brussels, who on 16 October 2023 carried out a terrorist attack in Brussels.
#terrorism #radicalisation #immigrant #jihadism
Source: https://torino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_settembre_25/vercelli-inneggiava-su-facebook-alla-jihad-espulso-un-tunisino-32enne-serio-e-concreto-pericolo-per-la-sicurezza-71ca0935-eb67-453c-8742-102e088fcxlk.shtml
24 September 2024
Foreigner deported
On 24 September 2024, the Ministry of the Interior declared that 38 foreigners with illegal status in the country had been expelled. Among them there was a dangerous Islamic extremist, expelled by decree of the Ministry of the Interior.
#deportation #terrorism #islamism #jihadism #immigrant
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
11 September 2024
Moroccan arrested for terrorism
On 11 September 2024, El Mahdi Tbitbi, a 28-year-old Moroccan, was arrested in Milan for terrorism. He had arrived in Italy in 2011 and worked as a cultural mediator and Arabic interpreter in a reception centre for foreign minors.
He started to radicalise in 2022, declaring himself a fighter and expressing the will to die: ‘Dying is not a problem, hell is’, he said.
In January 2024, he flown to Jordan, travelling from there to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage to Mecca. He booked a plane ticket for 20 September to Jordan.
El Madhi had criminal records for offences against the person, property and narcotics.
He also told his mother that he was ‘only thinking of going to die with the soldiers in Palestine’. On the Internet, however, he declared himself as the embodiment of the messenger ‘Al Mahdi’ – the Islamic Messiah.
#jihadism #immigrant #ISIS #Hamas
Sources: https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2024/09/11/milano-arrestato-28enne-per-istigazione-al-terrorismo/7688790/ and https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_settembre_11/istiga-su-internet-al-terrorismo-arrestato-mediatore-culturale-di-una-comunita-per-minori-inviava-mail-al-papa-e-a-trump-9e49e05f-5d83-470f-b8b7-d78aa208bxlk.shtml and https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronaca-giudiziaria/terrorismo-arrestato-marocchino-milano-sono-mussulmano-2367441.html
9 September 2024
Two Palestinians released by Re-examination Court
Two Palestinians, Ali Irar and Mansour Doghmosh, were released from prison on 09 September by order of the L’Aquila Re-examination Court, which ruled after the Court of Cassation (July 2024) overturned the remand order issued in March 2024. The two had been accused of being members of a terrorist group affiliated with the Tulkarem Brigade, affiliated with al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades.
However, a third Palestinian, Anan Yaesh, remains in prison, in fact the Court of Cassation in July 2024 confirmed his imprisonment.
Anan Yaesh is accused of being the leader of a group called the Rapid Response Group – Tulkarem Brigades, which was created, according to the remand order, as “a unit of suicide bombers ready to act in depth”.
#Palestine #Italy #terrorism #immigrant
Source: https://www.laquilablog.it/scarcerati-i-due-palestinesi-arrestati-allaquila-non-erano-terroristi/
3 September 2024
Tajik awaiting extradition
Ilkhomi Sayrakhmonzoda was arrested in April 2024 at Fiumicino airport with a Ukrainian passport. Since then he has been in prison in Terni, awaiting extradition to Tajikistan, on charges of being an IS-K member.
He has now also been accused of laundering stolen luxury cars and selling them in Eastern Europe.
In particular, Ilkhomi is alleged to be part of a group that rented luxury cars, then declared them stolen in Turkey or other Eastern European states; they then re-registered the cars illegally with false documents. Numerous photos of these documents were found in the Tajik’s phone.
#ISIS #Khorasan #terrorism #financingterrorism #Italy
Source: https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/09/03/news/terrorista_tagiko_ilkhomi_sayrakhmonzoda_timor_settarov_arresto_auto_di_lusso-423477042/?rss
31 August 2024
Moroccan deported
On 31 August 2024, the Italian Ministry of the Interior stated that a 35-year-old Moroccan man was deported and repatriated to Casablanca on 29 August. He was already known to the police and considered a danger to public safety.
The man had lived in several Italian cities before settling in Lucca and had recently been arrested for crimes against the person and property. In addition, he had already been reported for causing injuries to a bus driver. Last May, he was taken to prison in Lucca on charges of inflicting serious injuries to three fellow countrymen, one of whom suffered permanent facial deformation, during a robbery.
In France, he also carried out a knife attack shouting ‘Allah akbar’.
#terrorism #radicalisation #immigrant #jihadism #Italy #Morocco #France
Sources: https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/italia/40230222/-allah-akbar-pugno-di-ferro-del-viminale-espulsione-diretta.html and https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/terrorismo/espulso-marocchino-pericoloso-sicurezza-era-noto-allanti-2363674.html
30 August 2024
Iraqi deported
On 30 August 2024, the Ministry of the Interior stated that an Iraqi citizen, after serving a sentence for international terrorism in Italy, was deported and repatriated to his country of origin.
#terrorism #jihadism #deportation #Iraq #immigrant
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
There are not many Iraqis convicted of terrorism in Italy. Most of them are Kurds linked to Mullah Krekar’s Rawti Shax group. So, it is very likely that the deported Iraqi is one of them.
23 August 2024
Foreigner deported
On Friday 23 August 2024, the Italian Ministry of the Interior stated that it had expelled and repatriated an irregular migrant flagged by the Intelligence for his extremist views and close to jihadist ideology.
He had been in Italy since 2011 and investigations revealed that he had downloaded jihadist material from the net and stored it on his phone device, including a guide on how to make explosives and use incendiary devices. For this reason, the Modena Police Headquarter had revoked his indefinite residence permit for family reasons.
In the past, he had also been convicted of aggravated injuries by the Court of Modena.
#jihadism #terrorism #radicalisation #immigrant #deportation
Source: https://www.bolognatoday.it/cronaca/rimpatriato-straniero-jihad-Bologna.html
18 August 2024
Pakistani deported
On 18 August 2024, the Italian Ministry of the Interior stated that a 37-year-old Pakistani man was expelled and repatriated to his country, as he was considered a security risk. Investigations indicated that he had been arrested for violence and assault. In addition, he had emerged in activities related to Islamic terrorism.
#terrorism #jihadism #Pakistan #Italy #immigrant #radicalisation #deportation
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
16 August 2024
Foreigner deported
On 16 August 2024, the Italian Ministry of Interior stated that a 36-year-old foreigner was deported and repatriated to his country of origin. He was irregularly on Italian territory and investigations revealed that he was in contact with Abdesalem Lassoued, the terrorist who struck Brussels on 16 October 2023.
#jihadism #terrorism #Italy #deportation
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
29 July 2024
Tajik deported
The Italian Ministry of the Interior stated on 29 July 2024 that a 39-year-old Tajik man had been expelled and repatriated. According to Intelligence reports, he was planning attacks in Europe.
Ministry sources indicate that four Tajiks have been apprehended since April 2024: three expelled and one arrested with an extradition request from Tajikistan.
#deportation #Italy #jihadism #migrant #FTFs #ISIS #Khorasan
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
18 July 2024
Tajikis deported
The Italian Ministry of the Interior has announced the expulsion and repatriation of two Tagiki nationals. According to Intelligence Services, they were affiliated to the Islamic State Khorasan and were involved in planning terrorist attacks in Europe. According to the Ministry, this is the first repatriation operation of Tajik nationals since 2019.
#ISKP #terrorism #Tagikistan #Italy #jihad #jihadism #immigrant
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
12 July 2024
Moroccan deported
The Italian Ministry of the Interior, on July 12, stated that a 44-year-old Moroccan man was expelled and repatriated to his home country. In prison, where he was serving a sentence for murder, he had repeatedly glorified terrorism by expressing satisfaction at a serious terrorist attack.
#jihadism #radicalisation #murderer #Morocco #Italy #immigrant #deportation
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
11 July 2024
Foreigner deported
The Italian Ministry of the Interior states that a 26-year-old man, illegally resident in Italy and reported by Intelligence services for his membership of jihadist movements, was repatriated to his country of origin after being detained at the Caltanissetta Repatriation Centre.
#terrorism #jihadism #immigrant #deportation #Italy #radicalisation #intelligence
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
7 July 2024
Moroccan deported
The Italian Ministry of the Interior reports that a 39-year-old Moroccan man has been deported and repatriated. He had numerous criminal records for violence and assault, and surveillance revealed that he was a supporter of a jihadist group.
#terrorism #jihadism #immigrant #deportation #Italy #Morocco
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
5 July 2024
Bangladeshi convicted of terrorism
Faysal Rahman was sentenced, in an abbreviated procedure, by the Court of #Genoa to 3 years imprisonment for terrorism, and will be deported at the end of his sentence.
Rahman is a 22-year-old Bangladeshi citizen, resident in Sestri Ponente where he lived with his family. He worked in a subcontracting company of the shipyards.
He had allegedly radicalised himself since 2021 through social networks and chats, joining the Pakistani terrorist group Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
#jihadism #radicalisation #Italy #immigrant
Source: https://www.genova24.it/2024/07/operaio-sestri-ponente-terrorismo-sentenza-condanna-391885/
3 July 2024
Foreign Terrorist Fighter deported
The Italian Ministry of the Interior stated that a Tunisian Foreign Terrorist Fighter was apprehended while trying to enter Italy and repatriated. He was reported by Intelligence agency as having fought in several areas.
#terrorism #jihadism #FTFs #ForeignFighter #Immigrant #radicalisation #Italy #Tunisia
Source: https://livesicilia.it/rimpatriato-un-combattente-tunisino-ha-tentato-di-entrare-in-italia/
28 June 2024
Bangladeshi deported
The Minister of the Interior stated that a 26-year-old Bangladeshi man who had already been convicted of apologia for terrorism had been deported and repatriated.
#terrorism #extremism #jihadism #immigrant #Italy #Bangladesh
Source: https://www.agenzianova.com/a/667e714dc18dd2.17317490/5348115/2024-06-28/terrorismo-piantedosi-espulso-per-sicurezza-dello-stato-rimpatriato-in-bangladesh-26enne
21 June 2024
Egyptian terrorist dead
The terrorist Abu Imad, the deputy of Anwar Shabaan of the Viale Jenner mosque in Milan, died in Saudi Arabia.
He indoctrinated hundreds of people in the Viale Jenner terrorist base. There are many testimonies that speak of Abu Imad as a leader who inculcated his followers after sermons with violent ideas…
#terrorism #jihadism #radicalisation #alQaeda
Source: https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_giugno_21/e-morto-abu-imad-l-ex-imam-della-moschea-di-viale-jenner-a-milano-che-condannava-l-11-settembre-ingegno-e-segreti-dell-uomo-della-jihad-milanese-b74c637f-c44d-491d-8065-97e591718xlk.shtml
19 June 2024
Tunisian deported
On 19 June 2024, Interior Minister Piantedosi announced that a Tunisian man was expelled and repatriated for reasons of National Security. Investigators discovered that he wanted to set up a terrorist cell to carry out a terrorist attack on a Christian place of worship in Italy.
#terrorism #jihadism #Tunisia #immigrant #foreigner #radicalisation
Source: https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/voleva-costituire-cellula-terroristica-attaccare-luogo-2336454.html
16 June 2024
Iraqi deported
Hasan Saman Jalal, the master – Mamosta – of MullahKrekar’s RawtiShax group, was expelled by order of the Police Commissioner of Bolzano.
A few days ago he was released from prison thanks to a reduced sentence and hid in a two-room apartment in Viale Trento (Bolzano), together with a compatriot. He had been convicted for terrorism and for ill-treatment in the family.
In 2008, he had been granted political refugee status, later revoked by the National Asylum Commission. In 2015 he found refuge in Bolzano, where he was arrested.
He then submitted a second application for International Protection in 2021, which the Verona Territorial Commission rejected.
Sources: https://corrieredeltrentino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_giugno_16/bolzano-espulso-il-maestro-jihadista-gia-condannato-per-terrorismo-e-maltrattamenti-concreto-pericolo-per-lo-stato-e62a161d-41f4-4048-aa95-cc1f69c76xlk.shtml and https://www.altoadige.it/cronaca/blitz-della-polizia-arrestato-un-terrorista-in-viale-trento-1.3811960
30 May 2024
Tunisian remains in prison
The judge for preliminary investigations validated the arrest of Tunisian Taha Boussetta. He had a criminal record and was Facebook friends with the Brussels terrorist Lasoued.
He radicalised himself online after the Hamas terrorist attack on 7 October.
Source: https://www.rainews.it/tgr/abruzzo/video/2024/05/terrorismo-arresto-jihad-carabinieri-ros-fresagrandinaria-abedefe3-b681-436c-83c8-52cfbebf4247.html
30 May 2024
Italian-Tunisian convicted of terrorism
Khaled Ben Rhouma was sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment by the judge for preliminary investigations in Bologna, on charges of enlisting for the purpose of international terrorism.
The 24-year-old, born in Cesena to Tunisian parents, was accused of having radicalised himself to go and fight in Syria and Iraq by obsessively watching online videos on jihad in order to train to fight. His family had tried to stop him and his father had reported him to the British police worried about his progressive radicalisation, due to his acquaintance with some compatriots who exerted a strong ideological attraction on him.
#terrorism #ISIS #Italy #UK
Source: https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/cesena/cronaca/aspirante-jihadista-condannato-elettricista-si-addestrava-online-voleva-combattere-in-siria-con-lisis-3854dccd
28 May 2024
Italo-Moroccan re-arrested for terrorism
Halili El Madhi was arrested for the third time on charges of participation in an international terrorist association.
In 2023, he had been released from prison after serving his sentence for terrorism. He was supposed to be deported because he had also been stripped of his Italian citizenship as required by law, but due to bureaucratic snags he remained in Turin. The newspaper article states that Halili “always told other people he hung around that he was still part of ISIS and that he was planning to “achieve something” that would make him important. Investigators do not rule out that he was planning to organise terrorist actions.”
#terrorism #deportation #Italy #Torino #ISIS #IslamicState
Source: https://www.lastampa.it/torino/2024/05/28/news/arrestato_a_torino_elmahdi_terrorista_appartenente_allisis-14340332/
17 May 2024
Pakistanis convicted
The Court of Appeal of Genoa upheld the first instance verdict of the Court of Genoa that had sentenced 8 of the 10 members of the Gabar Group. The terrorist group was linked to Zaheer Hassan Mahmoud, the terrorist who attacked the former headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in 2020, injuring two people.
Individual cases are published in the ‘cases’ section of the Monitoring Jihadism Project (MjP).
#terrorism #extremism #Italy #Genova #radicalisation #Pakistan
Source: https://www.ligurianotizie.it/cellula-terroristica-a-genova-condannati-in-appello-otto-islamisti/2024/05/17/576600/
16 May 2024
Tunisian deported
The Ministry of the Interior stated that an Islamic extremist, expelled by the Minister of the Interior for reasons of state security and prevention of terrorism, has been repatriated to Tunisia. The man, who had entered Italy illegally, had in fact expressed the intention to commit a suicide attack in our country.
#IslamicState #ISIS #terrorism #radicalization #Tunisia
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
13 May 2024
Italo-Palestinian will be tried
Dani Hakam Taleb Moh’d, the 21-year-old who threw two Molotov cocktails at the USA consulate in Florence last February, will be tried under an abbreviated procedure. The charges are that of having committed an act of terrorism, with deadly or explosive devices, aggravated by the fact of having acted at night and thus trying to evade security.
Since 27 March 2024, Moh’d Dani Hakam Taleb has been under house arrest with an electronic bracelet, a measure that will still be maintained due to the terrorism charge against him.
After the attack he also published a pro-Hamas video in which he threatened further attacks; in addition, he was the administrator of the Telegram channel ‘The Whole World is Hamas’.
Source: https://www.controradio.it/molotov-al-consolato-usa-di-firenze-il-21enne-andra-a-giudizio-processo-a-settembre/
3 May 2024
Foreign Terrorist Fighter convicted of terrorism
Foreign Terrorist Fighter Samir Bougana was sentenced to 10 years by the Court of Brescia for aggravated kidnapping with the aggravating circumstance of racial hatred and terrorism.
A young Syrian man who had arrived in Germany had recognised Bougana among the people who had tortured him in a Syrian prison when he was 14 years old.
He had previously been convicted of terrorism by the same court.
Source: https://www.giornaledibrescia.it/cronaca/condannato-a-10-anni-per-sequestro-di-persona-pluriaggravato-il-foreign-fighter-bresciano-xly1w333
2 May 2024
Tunisian deported
One month after stealing a bicycle, a 32-year-old Tunisian man was apprehended in Santa Croce, Sicily. He was charged with theft and was found to be illegal on Italian territory. Moreover, he is suspected of being close to Islamic extremist circles. The Prefect of Ragusa thus issued an expulsion order, while the Police Commissioner issued a detention order at the Caltanissetta Repatriation Centre.
#terrorismo #islamism #jihadism #radicalisation #deportation
Source: https://www.ragusaoggi.it/santa-croce-ruba-bici-elettrica-ma-e-sospettato-anche-di-far-parte-dellestremismo-islamico-arrestato/
30 April 2024
Algerian deported
Amor Branes, a 56-year-old Algerian, was deported on national security grounds. The Algerian was a worker in a cleaning company residing in Udine. Hundreds of pictures and videos praising Hamas and other terrorist movements were found on his social profile.
From police findings, he was found to have a criminal record for violation of residence regulations, but in Udine he lived alone regularly in an apartment.
#terrorism #ISIS #Italy #Hamas #Algeria #jihadism
Source: https://www.rainews.it/tgr/fvg/articoli/2024/05/udine-inneggiava-ad-hamas-sui-social-56enne-algerino-espulso-dallitalia-fc6502bd-d3da-4776-b621-ecf691372bb8.html
29 April 2024
Italo-Egyptian under mandatory residence
During the interrogation, the Judge for Preliminary Investigations of Milan decided to lift the house arrest for Moustafa Khawanda, who had been arrested for inciting racial hatred and apologia for the Shoah.
According to the judge, the young man has shown repentance and should be allowed to ‘continue his studies’.
At the moment, the judge issued Khawanda with mandatory residence in Milan.
Source: https://www.fanpage.it/milano/scarcerato-il-29enne-che-inneggiava-alla-shoah-sui-social-il-giudice-e-dispiaciuto-deve-studiare/
27 April 2024
Moroccan deported
The Italian Ministry of the Interior stated that a 29-year-old Moroccan was deported on 27 April 2024 for national security reasons. Besides adhering to jihadist ideology, he was known for violent actions committed at the Turin Repatriation Centre, where he set a fire and destroyed part of the facility.
#terrorism #jihadism #jihad #radicalisation #violence
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
22 April 2024
Tunisian arrested for terrorism
On 22 April 2024, the Carabinieri detained Taha Boussetta, a 39-year-old Tunisian man, for questioning. His home was searched and his computer and telephone seized. He was arrested by the ROS of the Carabinieri in the province of Chieti, in the small town of Fresagrandinaria, where he lived with his wife and two children. The family arrived last year thanks to one of the Ministry’s reception programmes. The investigation was triggered by some Facebook posts praising Islamic State. The man is accused of participation in a terrorist organisation under article 270 bis of the Italian Criminal Code.
Following interrogation, the Tunisian man was released.
#radicalisation #terrorism #jihad #jihadism
Sources: https://chiaroquotidiano.it/2024/04/24/arresto-per-terrorismo-le-indagini-proseguono-per-ricostruire-la-rete-di-relazioni/ and https://www.ilcentro.it/chieti/terrorismo-arrestato-il-tunisino-accusato-di-istigare-alla-violenza-sui-social-1.3289409
17 April 2024
Italo-Egyptian arrested for terrorism
Moustafà Khawanda was arrested by the DIGOS in Milan; 29-year-old Italian-Egyptian man held responsible for propaganda and incitement to commit crimes aimed at racial and religious hatred, aggravated by apologia for the Shoah.
He was incensed, he was an hashtag#optician, but he was physically training because he had a strong desire to join the Gaza conflict, joining Hamas.
In August 2022, he travelled to Qatar via Turkey, and also did web searches for itineraries with destinations in the theatres of war, repeatedly stating that he wanted to join the fighters and to practise physical training with a view to possible enlistment.
Online he wrote: “God bless the Hamas fighters, the bravest warriors on the planet!”, and has consistently incited hatred against Israel and the Jews, even saying “I swear they are all to be burnt, I want Hitler back’.”
Khawanda is now under house arrest.
#terrorism #jihadism #Hamas #radicalisation #antisemitism
Source: https://www.dagospia.com/cronache/arrestato-milano-29enne-italo-egiziano-moustafa-khawanda-voleva-combattere-391891
9 April 2024
Bangladeshi deported
A 50-year-old Bangladeshi man was expelled from Italy for reasons of national security. He was the president of an Islamic cultural association in Milan, an illegal mosque established in Via Zambelli, in the Dergano district. He had numerous police and criminal records and often threatened people shouting ‘Italians of shit’, ‘I will cut your throats’, ‘I will kill you’.
#Bangladesh #Imam #Terrorism #radicalisation #jihad #jihadism
Source: https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/espulso-imam-moschea-via-zambelli.html
8 April 2024
Tajik arrested for terrorism
A Tajik man born in 1992, Ilkhomi Sayrakhmonzoda, was arrested this morning at Fiumicino airport, Rome, under an international arrest warrant for extradition purposes. He is a member of the Islamic State Khorasan, and he arrived from Eindhoven.
#ISIS #Jihadism #jihad #radicalisation
Source: https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2024/04/08/news/aeroporto_fiumicino_isis_arresto-14205288/
5 April 2024
Nigerian deported
A 25-year-old Nigerian man, irregularly residing in Italy, was deported and repatriated. He was residing near Como when he was identified as part of an international investigation. During the investigation, the Nigerian’s phone number emerged in online groups where Islamic State content was shared.
Less than a month ago, again from the province of Como, a Syrian man was deported and then repatriated to Norway.
#radicalisation #ISIS #terrorism #security #Nigeria #Italy #jihad #jihadism
Source: https://comozero.it/attualita/sospetto-jihadista-nel-comasco-espulso-e-rimpatriato/
31 May 2024
Tunisian convicted of assault
A 33-year-old Tunisian man who arrived by barge illegally, D.A.D.N., in April was arrested by in Lodi for resisting, assaulting, and threatening a public official. The man had been found in the city with a bicycle that may have been stolen, and he had been asked to hand over his identity papers. But he had none and was taken to Police Headquarters for identification by fingerprinting.
At the police station he was going to ask them to leave him alone for a few minutes because it was the Islamic holiday of Iftar and he had to turn toward Mecca and pray. The policemen had not listened to him and he allegedly started kicking and punching, shouting “Allah akbar.”
For these acts he was sentenced to 6 months and 20 days in prison.
Source: https://www.ilgiorno.it/lodi/cronaca/lodi-urla-allah-akbar-aggredisce-polizia-jfqp52fk and https://www.ilcittadino.it/stories/lodi/lodi-grida-allah-akbar-questura-aggredisce-agenti-condannato-6-mesi-o_121610_96/
22 March 2024
Pakistanis convicted of terrorism
Two Pakistani member of the Gabar Group, Yaseen Tahir and Alì Moshin, were sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the Court of Genoa. They were leading members of the terrorist movement.
Seven other members of the cell had all but one been sentenced to 4 years and 6 months imprisonment in abbreviated form last October.
Source: https://www.primocanale.it/cronaca/39262-cellula-terroristica-pakistana-a-genova-due-condanne-a-7-anni.html
19 March 2024
One conviceted of terrorism and one acquitted
Mines Hozda, an Italian-born Kosovar, was sentenced to three years and eight months for terrorism by the Court of Trento. He was a chemical expert in his early 20s when he was arrested in 2022. He was working on the construction of a bomb to be detonated on Trentino territory.
His wife, a Kosovar born in Italy, was also arrested in 2022, but was acquitted of all charges. The two young men had met on social networks and then attended a mosque. The very young girl was radicalised by Mines Hozda.
#radicalisation #ISIS #IslamicState #DAESH
Source: https://www.lanazione.it/siena/cronaca/aspirante-jihadista-assolta-2cc64114
18 March 2024
Syrian-Norwegian deported
A 50-year-old man of Syrian origin and naturalised Norwegian was stopped in the province of Como. The Italian Minister of the Interior said that “thanks to his contacts in Italy he recruited and favoured the departure of ‘volunteers’ to war scenarios abroad.”So he will be deported to Norway. Since 2013 there have been 755 national security deportations.
#Jihad #jihadism #terrorism #radicalisation
Source: https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/nazionale/reclutava-combattenti-jihad-espulso-siriano-naturalizzato-2298397.html
12 March 2024
Three Palestinias arrested for terrorism
Anan Kamal Afif Yaeesh, Ali Saji Ribhi Irar and Mansour Doghmosh are the Palestinians living in L’Aquila who were arrested by the DIGOS for terrorism. They were members of the ‘Rapid Response Group – Tulkarem Brigades’ affiliated to the ‘al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades’. Indeed Yeesh was the leader.
They were planning a terrorist action to be carried out in the Israeli settlement of Avnei Hefetz in the West Bank using a car bomb.
#terrorism #Palestine #alAqsa #Italy
Source: https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2024/03/11/arrestati-tre-palestinesi-progettavano-un-attentato-in-cisgiordania_f3ef855c-100e-42a7-a07b-1f60fbd38e2d.html
11 March 2024
Libyan arrested for assault
A 27-year-old Libyan man with a criminal record was arrested in Lodi for resisting and injuring a public official after assaulting two police officers and a nurse. He was caught on a train to Milan without a ticket. When the officers arrived, he allegedly refused to get off the train and injured one of them.
He was arrested and taken to the Codogno (Lodi) hospital emergency room, where he allegedly assaulted a nurse and then continued the violence at Police Headquarters, sending a second policeman to the emergency room.
Three years ago, the same 27-year-old was handcuffed for resisting arrest and causing damage. When officers tried to restrain him, he began shouting “Allah Akbar” and “I am a soldier of God” with a billhook in his hand, and hit a patrol car with the weapon. He later pleaded guilty to a one-year suspended sentence. Investigations against him, however, had revealed no links to extremist groups.
Source: https://www.today.it/cronaca/urla-allah-akbar-ferisce-poliziotti-infermiera.html
9 March 2024
Italian-Tunisian will be tried for terrorism
The would-be jihadist 24-year old Italian-Tunisian, Khaled Ben Rhouma will be tried in an abbreviated trial at the Forlì Court at the end of May 2024. He was arrested near Cesena, where he was born, in September 2023 by the DIGOS on charges of enlisting for the purposes of terrorism. He wanted to go to Syria or Iraq to join local jihadists and allegedly radicalised himself by obsessively watching videos about jihad.
#terrorism #ISIS #DAESH #IslamicState #radicalization #Italy
Source: https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/cesena/cronaca/elettricista-aspirante-jihadista-38e8ec5d
7 March 2024
Libyan deported
The Interior Ministry stated that a Libyan citizen was repatriated on March 7 following an expulsion decree from the Minister for reasons of national security and prevention of terrorism.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
7 March 2024
Tunisian deported
An illegal immigrant Tunisian on Italian territory was expelled by decree of the Minister of the Interior.
He had already been expelled in 2016, but returned to Italy illegally in 2022.
Since 2012, he has been convicted of various crimes for a total of 6 years imprisonment. In prison, he was close to subjects considered radicalised.
#Tunisia #Italy #terrorism #radicalization #immigration #clandestine
Source: https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/tunisino-espulso-rimpatriato-oggi.html
6 March 2024
Tunisian woman acquitted
A 58-year-old Moroccan woman was acquitted by the Court of Perugia of the charge of incitement to terrorism. She was considered a supporter of the Islamic State who wanted to send her son to fight in Syria. The woman said: “I’am not afraid of death, it is better to die fighting the holy war.”
The woman also approved of her son El Mostapha Messaoudi’s intention to join Islamic State in Syria.
El Mostapha Messaoudi was arrested for terrorism but the Supreme Court in 2017 rejected the custody order issued by the Court of Perugia. Then, he was deported for national security. reasons He had been radicalised in Morocco while in prison.
#radicalisation #DAESH #ISIS #Italy #terrorism #extremism #prison
Source: https://www.umbria24.it/cronaca/terrorismo-voleva-mandare-il-figlio-a-combattere-in-siria-con-i-jihadisti-assolta-da-istigazione/
5 March 2024
Olbia cell members convicted
Jabhat al-Nusra in Italy: 3 members of the Olbia (Sardinia) cell have had their convictions for terrorism confirmed by the Supreme Court.
The Syrians Daadoue Anwar, Chadad Mustafa and Abdulkarim Osman Haj, who were arrested in 2018, are definitively sentenced to 8 years the first and 5 and a half years the other two.
Of Daadoue Anwar, who lived in Sweden and managed a massive flow of money through the Hawala system, there are no traces, so he is a fugitive.
#alNusra #terrorism #Syria #radicalisation
Source: https://www.lanuovasardegna.it/olbia/cronaca/2024/03/05/news/olbia-la-cassazione-conferma-tre-siriani-condannati-per-terrorismo-1.100484831
20 February 2024
18 North African searched
Connection with the network of contacts in Italy of the terrorist Abdessalem Lassoued, who had been living in Italy between 2012 and 2016: the DIGOS of Bologna, coordinated by the Central Directorate of Prevention Police and the ROS of the Carabinieri, carried out searches against 18 North African people, living in Bologna, Como, Fermo, Ferrara, Lecco, Macerata, Teramo, Palermo, Perugia, Rome, Turin, Trento and Udine.
These people have social profiles with content typical of religious extremist circles.
#terrorism #attack #jihadism #radicalisation
Source: https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2024/02/terrorismo-perquisizioni-e-indagini-per-18-persone-legate-allattentatore-di-bruxelles-d6157c61-246d-453c-8703-4451949c9222.html
13 February 2024
18 North African searched
Fotouh Ibrahim Matar Hatem was sentenced to six years imprisonment with deportation at the end of his sentence by the Court of Frosinone, for dissemination of jihadist material and membership of Islamic State.
He was charged with the transmission of 74 documents, believed to have originated from the Islamic State, including videos such as ‘The Destruction of the Cross’, ‘The Biological Weapon’, ‘Sabotage of Essential Public Services’, with reference to courses on the use of weapons, including Kalashnikovs and biological weapons.
The convict’s younger brother was expelled last January for national security reasons.
Sources: https://www.ilgazzettino.it/italia/cronaca_nera/fruttivendolo_terrorista_espulso_egiziano_chi_e-7843620.html and https://www.ciociariaoggi.it/news/cronaca/231016/terrorismo-condannato-a-sei-anni-per-i-video-dell-isis.html
9 February 2024
Tunisian and Tunisian deported
The Interior Ministry stated that a Tunisian citizen, accused of international terrorism and convicted of numerous crimes, and a Macedonian citizen were deported for reasons of national security and prevention of terrorism. They were repatriated to their countries of origin.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
8 February 2024
Egyptian deported
On 8 February 2024, the Minister of the Interior said that a 24-year-old Egyptian, an Islamic extremist and jihad supporter, was repatriated to his country after being detained at the Milan Repatriation Centre.
#terrorism #radicalization #Egypt #jihadism #extremism
Source: https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/02/08/news/piantedosi_un_terrorista_islamico_rimpatriato_era_al_cpr_di_milano-422087491/
7 February 2024
Italo-Palestinian remains in prison
Dani Hakam Taleb Moh’d remains in detention following a decision by the Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Court of Florence, who validated the detention of the young man accused of acts of terrorism and unlawful carrying of molotov cocktails and ordered him to be remanded in custody.
Moh’d had been detained for throwing two Molotov cocktails at the US consulate in Florence on the night between 31 January and 1 February.
Who is the young man: he is a 21-year-old former university student born in Florence with Jordanian citizenship and a residence permit expiring in December. His father is Jordanian of Palestinian origin and his mother is Palestinian from the WestBank.
Source: https://www.controradio.it/rischi-adesione-a-movimenti-islam-radicale-rimane-in-carcere-21enne-accusato-lancio-molotov-contro-consolato-usa/
6 February 2024
Tunisian deported
The Italian Minister of the Interior announced that on 6 February 2024 a 28-year-old Tunisian was deported for security reasons, as he was ‘close to jihadist groups and suspected of wanting to commit terrorist attacks.’
The Tunisian had arrived in Italy in April 2023, so he was being monitored by the Digos of Rome and then by the Digos of Venice as he reached Mestre.
He had applied for international protection, which was denied. Then, he filed an appeal, rejected. So he attempted a request for political asylum, also denied.
In this turmoil of applications, the Tunisian was working illegally as a bricklayer or painter, but he had also made contact with a prayer centre, probably to proselytise.
#alQaeda #ISIS #terrorism #Tunisia #Italy #radicalisation #deportation
Source: https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/venezia/terrorista_espulso_jihadista_pericolo_digos_ministro_matteo_piantedosi-7919056.html
6 February 2024
Italo-Palestinian arrested for terrorism
A 21-year-old man born in Italy to Palestinian parents is suspected of throwing two molotov at the US consulate in Florence last night. He is a former university student who works in his father’s company in a municipality in Mugello.
#Hamas #jihadism #jihad #terrorism
Source: https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/02/03/news/firenze_molotov_consolato_usa_perquisizione_hamas-422049252/?ref=RHLF-BG-P5-S1-T1
16 January 2024
Tunisian woman convicted of terrorism
39-year-old Tunisian Janet Zouabi was arrested in Latina in 2020 for terrorism. In 2021, she was sentenced by the Court of Rome to 5 years and 3 months imprisonment. However, in January 2024 the Court of Appeal reduced the sentence to 3 years and 6 months.
Zouabi was in contact with the imam of the mosque, who was also under investigation for terrorism, and operated online: 107 messages praising martyrdom were found on her Instagram profile and another 591 messages of propaganda attributable to Islamic State.
#terrorism #jihadism #radicalisation #immigration #IslamicState.
Source: https://latinatu.it/jihadista-a-latina-ridotta-la-condanna-per-zouabi/
13 January 2024
Egyptian deported
A 28-year-old Egyptian entered Italy illegally, in Lampedusa, but was immediately intercepted, transferred to the Caltanissetta Repatriation Centre and then repatriated.
He was known to investigators for possessing images of jihadist propaganda and had already been expelled in the past.
#terrorism #jihadism #radicalisation #immigration
Source: https://www.ilfattonisseno.it/2024/01/trattenuto-presso-cpr-di-caltanissetta-radicalista-islamico-poi-rimpatriato-nel-suo-paese/
11 January 2024
Foreign Terrorist Fighter’s conviction cancelled
The Foreign Terrorist Fighter Monsef El Mkhayar was sentenced to eight years imprisonment in 2017 in absence. On 11 January 2024, the Court of Appeal of Milan cancelled the sentence due to the novelties introduced by the “Cartabia reform” in cases of trials in the absence of the defendant who, in this case, might be dead or still detained in Syria.
#FTF #Italy #terrorism #jihadism #sentence
Source: https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/si-uni-allisis-condanna-nulla-applicata-la-cartabia-61196065
10 January 2024
Tunisian deported
On 10 January, a 29-year-old Tunisian man, convicted in France for advocating terrorism and already expelled from Italy, attempted to enter Italy from Lampedusa again. The authorities detected and repatriated him.
#terrorism #jihadism #radicalisation #immigration
Source: https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2024/01/10/piantedosi-tunisino-condannato-tenta-rientro-in-italia-espulso_bae298bb-f1bb-4da0-aa45-ad1cbc537eb9.html
4 January 2024
Moroccan deported
A 40-year-old Moroccan was deported: he planned a terrorist attack from the Terni prison where he was detained. He had become radicalised in prison while serving his sentence and had expressed the intention to sacrifice himself.
Together with the Moroccan, a 38-year old Brazilian, who served a sentence for a murder, and a 42-year old Macedonian man, who was jailed for domestic violence and stalking his wife, were deported.
#terrorism #jihadism #radicalisation #immigration
Source: https://www.imolaoggi.it/2024/01/04/terni-preparava-attentato-espulso-marocchino/
3 January 2024
Tunisian deported
On 3 January, a 38-year-old Tunisian man was expelled from Italy for national security reasons. On social media, he called himself the ‘king of ISIS’ and also expressed the will to strike Rome with a terrorist attack. The man, who was already known to the police, was based in Trento and was eventually tracked down in Salsomaggiore Terme, from where he was taken to Genoa to be shipped to Tunis.
He was also known for threats, stalking, mistreatment and violence against his wife.
#IslamicState #ISIS #terrorism #radicalization #Tunisia
Source: https://www.genovatoday.it/cronaca/terrorismo-espulso-jihad-isis.html
3 January 2024
Egyptian deported
On 14 October, a 33-year-old Egyptian man shouted in Viale Monza in Milan “Allah is great. Everyone is dying today. Allah akbar” and “you are disbelievers, Jews, you must account to God.” Meanwhile, he attacked passers-by with kicks, punches and spitting while holding the Koran in his hand.
Further indictments established that he had been convicted of conspiracy to aid and abet illegal immigration.
So, on 3 January 2024, he was expelled for security reasons by decree of the Prefect of Milan.
Source: https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/estremista-aggredisce-gente-allah-corano-.html

28 December 2023
Egyptian deported
On Thursday, 28 December, 31-year-old Egyptian Ibrahim Fetouh Moustafa Matar was expelled by decree of the Minister of the Interior for national security reasons.
He had been arrested in 2022 by the ROS of the Carabinieri together with his older brother Hatem Fetouh Ibrahim Matar, who is still in prison on terrorism charges.
#jihadism #immigrant #ISIS #deportation
Source: https://www.ilgazzettino.it/italia/cronaca_nera/fruttivendolo_terrorista_espulso_egiziano_chi_e-7843620.html
21 December 2023
Tunisian deported
On 21 December 2023, the Ministry of the Interior stated that a Tunisian citizen was deported. The Prefect of Syracuse issued the deportation decree. Before repatriation, he stayed at the Caltanissetta Repatriation Centre.
The Tunisian had been on probation for having mistreated his wife, and had also been reported for incitement to terrorism after displaying an ISIS flag on the balcony of his home.
Source: Italian Ministry of the Interior
20 December 2023
Italo-Moroccan arrested for terrorism
Alì Abdelli – a 20-year-old computer engineering student at the University of Padua – was arrested for apologia for terrorism and self-training. Born in Italy to Moroccan parents, he lives in Merlara and is described as a quiet boy by his family, but on social networks he had woven an extensive network of contacts with radicalised people. During the interrogation of guarantee, the young man has taken the right of non-answer.
#jihadism #immigrant #ISIS #deportation #terrorism
Source: https://telenordest.medianordest.it/21901/merlara-20enne-che-propaganda-il-terrorismo-e-uno-studente-di-informatica-delluniversita/
19 December 2023
Italian acquitted
The Italian from Luzzi (Calabria region) Domenico Giorno was definitively acquitted of the charge of self-training for the purpose of terrorism (270 quinquies Penal Code).
In first and second instance, the defendant had been sentenced to two years, two months and 20 days in prison. The Supreme Court of Cassation had annulled the conviction of the Court of Appeal of Catanzaro, which then upheld the acquittal.
During the search, the officers of the Cosenza DIGOS had found manuals on how to make bombs, tutorials on how to conduct terrorist operations, explanatory documents on self-training for carrying out attacks, as well as videos and gory images of Isis executions, official magazines of the media agencies of ISIS, al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, and documents in Arabic language self-produced by the suspect.
#terrorism #acquitted #ISIS #alQaeda
Source: https://www.lacnews24.it/cronaca/accusato-di-essere-un-aspirante-jihadista-assolto-in-appello-il-calabrese-domenico-giorno-m9dcs5qp
18 December 2023
Italo-Moroccan arrested for terrorism
A 20-year-old Italian-Moroccan man was arrested (by DIGOS of Padua) for apology and incitement to commit crimes, aggravated by the purpose of hashtag#terrorism and training for international terrorism. The investigations had started in March 2022 and over time revealed the online circuits on which the suspect would have manifested his radicalism, also through the preparation of tutorials, posted on his Twitter profile, in which he explained how to create explosives with common ingredients.
#jihad #radicalisation #Italy #jihadism #ISIS
Source: https://www.padovaoggi.it/cronaca/padova-arrestato-terrorista-18-dicembre-2023.html
11 December 2023
Pakistanis’ conviction for human trafficking reduced and two acquitted
The Sassari Court of Appeal closes the case of the al-Qaeda cell in Sardinia formed by several Pakistanis arrested in 2015. Terrorist crime excluded and reduced sentences for illegal immigration for Sultan Wali Khan (from 10 years to 4 years and 6 months), for Imiatas Khan (from 8 years to 4) and for Ul Hak Zaher (from 8 years to 4), Ghani Sher and Khan Siyar were acquitted by statue of limitation; in addition, the deportation decrees from Italy at the end of their sentences were revoked.
#terrorism #jihadism #radicalisation #Pakistan #migration #HumanTrafficking
Source: https://www.unionesarda.it/news-sardegna/gallura/al-qaeda-sarda-cade-di-nuovo-laccusa-di-terrorismo-pene-ridotte-in-appello-w170jyve
4 December 2023
Two young Italo-Pakistanis arrested for terrorism
Two young people arrested in Brescia, Italy, for terrorism. They said: ‘woman is not worse than animals but it is better to keep her at home as a slave’. Occasionally they attended the mosque and among the documents studied was the famous manual “44 Ways to support jihad” by Anwar al-Awlaki. They both worked as labourers and were well integrated into the social fabric, a sign that they applied the taqiyya.
#terrorism #jihadism #Hamas #alQaeda #ISIS
Source: https://www.giornaledibrescia.it/brescia-e-hinterland/terrorismo-due-arresti-a-brescia-per-propaganda-jihadista-it0qnjrd
23 November 2023
Four Italians acquitted
After a first instance conviction, Terzilli, Valente, Petruzzelli, and Lopetuso were acquitted by the Court of Appeal of Bari of the charge of having financed terrorism by sending multiple sums of money to a Lebanese collector, who in turn distributed the sums to the Islamic State fighters in Syria.
#terrorism #jihadism #alQaeda
Source: https://www.telebari.it/cronaca/135064-non-finanziarono-i-terroristi-islamici-assolti-4-andriesi-accusati-di-aver-trasferito-denaro-a-jihadisti.html
22 November 2023
Moroccan deported
A Moroccan man with radical behaviour inside the Montebelluna mosque was expelled for reasons of national security. His religious views were fundamentalist and extremist, and he had also shown attitudes of intolerance towards Christian symbols and the intention to commit offensive actions, causing concern among the frequenters of the Montebelluna mosque. The Moroccan had been in Italy since 2020.
#terrorism #extremism #immigrant #jihadism
Source: https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/nazionale/proposito-commettere-azioni-offensive-espulso-marocchino-2245440.html
9 November 2023
Moroccan deported
At the end of October, a 23-year-old Moroccan, Enhamel El Mehdi, was expelled by the Italian authorities on the grounds of social dangerousness. In particular, he had damaged three crucifixes in churches in Alexandria (Piedmont). Some time earlier, on 29 August, Chouial Yassine, a 37-year-old Algerian, who was wanted by the Algerian authorities as an IslamicS tate fighter, was stopped in the Milan underground.
#terrorism #radicalism #jihadism #investigation #returnees #Italy
Source: https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cronaca/2023/11/09/un-arresto-e-un-espulso-stretta-antiterrorismo-in-italia_521ed10a-422c-48e8-a995-1d043196f049.html
3 November 2023
Woman shouted Allah Akbar
Marinela Murati, 39, of Romanian origin, was known to Social Services for mental and behavioural problems. On November 3, she entered the church of the Madonna Pellegrina, in via Monti, Pavia, where a funeral ceremony was taking place; in an evident state of agitation and, after screaming Allah Akbar, she collapsed to the ground. Taken to the hospital she died.
Source: https://www.ilgiorno.it/pavia/cronaca/chiesa-morta-vigevano-d2464c27
3 November 2023
Young Bangladeshi arrested for terrorism
Young Bangladeshi man Faysal Rahman, who has been living in Genoa for a couple of years, was arrested for inciting terrorism. He was a worker at the Sestri Ponente shipyard and had been an object of monitoring by Police since late 2021. He was affiliated with the Taliban Pakistan and had made himself available for martyrdom.
#terrorism #jihadism #alQaeda #Taliban #Pakistan
Source: https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/genova/2023/11/03/news/indagine_antiterrorismo_genova_arrestato_istigazione_attentati-13830365/
22 October 2023
Kosovar deported
The 27-year-old Kosovar Arxhend Bekaj managed to cross the border between Italy and Slovenia despite being banned from entering Italy for 10 years. He, a former waiter at a restaurant in the San Marco district, was tracked down in Trieste on October 2023. He was then arrested and deported on 22 October for national security reasons. In the past he had been investigated by the Venice Public Prosecutor’s Office for terrorism, in the investigation of the Kosovars of Venice Arjan Babaj of 27 years, Fisnik Bekaj aged 24, Dake Haziraj aged 26 and a minor aged 17. Arxhend had immigrated to Italy for the first time in 2013.
#deportation #terrorism #jihadism #Kosovo #immigrant #ISIS
Source: https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/venezia/terrorista_espulso_veneto_chi_e_nome_arxhend_bekaj_intercettazioni_video_terrorismo_jihad-7710330.html?refresh_ce
22 October 2023
Tunisian deported
A 42-year-old Tunisian irregular on national territory was deported for national security reasons. He had come to attention during a period of detention in the prison of Piacenza because inside his cell was found a photo of a man armed with a machine gun with the ISIS flag behind him. He had also assumed, over time, a leading role towards the other prisoners. He was released from prison in 2020 and has been the recipient of expulsion orders that have not been carried out on several occasions. Tracked down last September 26, he was transferred to the Gradisca d’Isonzo Repatriation Centre and then in that of Caltanissetta. Once recognized by the competent Tunisian consular authorities, he was repatriated in execution of the expulsion order of the Prefect of Piacenza.
#deportation #terrorism #jihadism #Kosovo #immigrant #ISIS
Source: https://www.iltempo.it/attualita/2023/10/22/news/terrorismo-radicalizzati-pericolosi-viminale-espulsi-tunisino-kosovaro-37292466/
19 October 2023
Pakistanis convicted of terrorism
7 of the 10 members of the Gabar Group terrorist movement were sentenced by the Court of Genoa for terrorism to 4 years and six months. Another was sentenced to 2 years. The remaining two, Yaseen Tahir and Moshin Ali, chose the ordinary rite.
#terrorism #jihadism #alQaeda #Pakistan
Source: https://www.genova24.it/2023/10/condannati-a-4-anni-e-mezzo-di-carcere-i-presunti-terroristi-del-gruppo-gabar-che-volevano-compiere-attentati-in-italia-360977/
18 October 2023
Gambian deported
Gambian Sillah Ousman has been expelled by the Italian authorities for security reasons. He had arrived in Italy in the flow of migrants from Libya, then arrested and convicted by the Court of Naples. In Libya he had trained together with Touray Alagie and many other jihadists. There have been 712 expulsions since 2015.
#terrorism #jihadism #alQaeda
Source: https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cronaca/espulso_gambiano_era_stato_condannato_a_napoli_a_5_anni_come_membro_dell_isis-7701034.html
16 October 2023
North-African armed with a knife
A 30-year-old North African, agitated, perhaps under the influence of alcohol or psychotropic substances, was stopped by the police in Via Galliari in Turin while brandishing a knife and shouting disconnected phrases, including the motto of Islamic extremists Allah akbar. He had also passed near the synagogue but did not enter.
Source: https://www.today.it/cronaca/allah-akbar-torino-cosa-e-successo.html
29 August 2023
Algerian Foreign Terrorist Fighter arrested
Chouial Yassin, a 37-year-old Algerian, was stopped by the police in the Milan metro. So, he started screaming Allah Akbar several times, trying to take a 12-centimetre knife he had in his backpack. Yassin was the recipient of an international arrest warrant for participation in a terrorist association. He was convicted in Algeria of terrorism because was considered an affiliate of the Islamic State. According to Algerian authorities, Yassin had been a member of the Islamic State since 2015, and had already been in Syria.
Sources: https://milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/23_novembre_09/terrorismo-37enne-legato-all-isis-arrestato-durante-un-controllo-in-metropolitana-a-milano-era-ricercato-in-algeria-dfe92c75-d336-403a-89cd-ad59368afxlk.shtml and https://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/allah-akbar-metro-arrestato-terrorista.html
1 July 2023
Pakistani armed with a knife
At 9 p.m., a 33-year-old Pakistani man armed with a knife and shouting Allaha akbar threatened a couple of passers-by in transit on Via Giotto in Padua.
The police, called by citizens, found the Pakistani immersed in the waters of the Piovego River, holding a broken beer bottle, just a stone’s throw from the Twin Towers monument. He also threatened the men of the Flying Squad. When the policemen stopped the Pakistani, they became aware of his profoundly altered state. After medical intervention, he will be repatriated because he is illegal on the territory.
Source: https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest/padova/grida_allah_akbar_monumento_torri_gemelle_minaccia_droga-7500255.html?refresh_ce#
24 April 2023
Moroccan killed
The 29-year-old Moroccan Soufine Boubagura – a resident of the province of Salerno – was shot and killed by a municipal police officer after an exchange of gunshots. The Moroccan was shouting Allah akbar in the middle of the street in Fara Vicentino, in the province of Vicenza, alarming passers-by who called for the police to intervene.
According to Vicenza Public Prosecutor’s Office sources, the Moroccan was in the grip of psychophysical delirium.
Sources: https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/veneto/cronaca/sparatoria-vicenza-due-indagati-la4xeur8 and https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/veneto/cronaca/vicenza-sottrae-arma-ferisce-vigile-muore-grkj5cib

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