Sara Guglielmetti A 22-year-old man was arrested in Milan by the Carabinieri ROS (Special Operations Unit) for the crime of training and engaging in terrorist activities, including international terrorism. Here are all the details of the incident.
A 22-year-old man was arrested for planning to blow up a synagogue.
According to investigators, a 22-year-old man was planning to blow up a synagogue in the Milanese suburbs and had even planned down to the smallest detail how to do it.
The Carabinieri of the ROS (Special Operations Unit) arrested him for the crime of training and engaging in terrorist activities , including international terrorism . Here are all the details that led to the arrest of the 22-year-old Milanese man.
Milan: Man Wants to Blow Up Synagogue: Supremacist Content Found
According to investigators, the 22-year-old man from the province of Milan who was arrested was " intending to carry out an attack on a Jewish synagogue in an Islamic place of prayer in the Milanese hinterland, after having planned down to the smallest detail how to make explosive devices and modify firearms ."
"Suprematist, accelerationist, Holocaust denial, and xenophobic content " were found on his devices . According to what was made known by the Carabinieri, an analysis of the 22-year-old's devices revealed that " the suspect's activities included constant self-training for terrorist purposes, the procurement of chemical substances suitable for making explosive devices, as well as the dissemination and sharing of propaganda and incitement to crime material (ideological proclamations labeled 'testaments,' writings and thoughts by Anders Breivik, the terrorist responsible for the massacres in Oslo and Utoya (North) in 2011) with supremacist, accelerationist, Holocaust denial, and xenophobic content . "
Objects glorifying violence, such as pistols, machine guns, teasers, and daggers, as well as a Nazi flag and emblems , were also allegedly found in his home . Meanwhile, the investigation is ongoing.