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Carabinieri arrest 22-year-old in Milan over alleged synagogue and mosque attack plan
Carabinieri detained the man on Thursday, 29 October, under a custody order from a Milan judge. Investigators say his devices showed detailed plans for explosives and firearms modification.
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In brief
Carabinieri's ROS arrested a 22-year-old man on Thursday, 29 October, under a custody order from a Milan judge.
Investigators say he planned attacks on a synagogue and an Islamic prayer place in the Milan hinterland, with explosive assembly and firearms modification planned in detail.
He is under investigation under Article 270-quinquies of the penal code, on training for terrorism, with the case led by the Milan prosecutor's office.
The arrest
Carabinieri arrested a 22-year-old man on Thursday, 29 October, in the morning, under a custody order issued by a judge for preliminary investigations at the Milan court. The operation was carried out by the ROS, the Carabinieri's Special Operational Group, with support from the Milan provincial command. The man lives in the hinterland around Milan. Investigators reached him only after analysing his electronic devices, which had revealed his intention to carry out an attack.
Alleged plans
According to the Carabinieri, the man intended to attack a synagogue and an Islamic prayer place in the Milan hinterland. He allegedly planned in fine detail how to assemble explosive devices and modify firearms for the attacks. Open reports that he also looked for chemical substances needed to make explosives and had already identified both targets. The investigation is coordinated by the Milan prosecutor's office, Open reports. The Carabinieri describe a pattern of constant self-training with terrorist aims, including the search for chemicals used to make explosives.
Material found on his devices
The Carabinieri said the devices contained supremacist, accelerationist, Holocaust-denying and xenophobic content. Investigators also found ideological proclamations titled "testaments", along with writings by Anders Breivik, the Norwegian terrorist who killed 77 people in the 2011 attacks in Oslo and Utøya, according to Open. The man allegedly spread and shared propaganda and incitement material on the same devices.
Legal position
The man is under investigation for training for terrorist activity under Article 270-quinquies of the penal code, which covers training for activities with terrorist aims, including international terrorism. A judge ordered him held in prison while the case proceeds. The findings come from an investigation at an early stage, so the allegations have not yet been tested in court. The case is being led by prosecutors in Milan.
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Sources and context
- OpenHe was training to strike a synagogue and a mosque, 22-year-old arrested in Milan: the plan for an attack with chemical substancesSi addestrava per colpire una sinagoga e una moschea, arrestato un 22enne a Milano: il piano per un attentato con sostanze chimiche · original in Italian
- ANSA.it22-year-old man suspected of planning attacks on synagogue, mosque arrested in Milan - TopNews
- Tgcom24Milan, training for activities with terrorist aims: 22-year-old arrestedMilano, addestramento ad attività con finalità di terrorismo: arrestato 22enne · original in Italian
- ANSA.itPlanned attack on synagogue and mosque, 22-year-old arrested in MilanProgettava attentato in sinagoga e moschea, arrestato 22enne a Milano - Ultima ora · original in Italian
- Anders Breivik
- Norwegian terrorist who carried out the 2011 attacks in Oslo and Utøya, whose writings were reportedly found on the suspect's devices
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