UPDATED: Missile among weapons seized during raids across Italy
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Italian security forces conducted a series of raids in the north of the country during which several weapons, including assault weapons and even an air-to-air missile, were discovered.
Italian media is saying that indications are that the missile was sold to the Qatar Armed forces and had a price tag of €470,000.
The raids, conducted by Italy’s anti-terrorism units, were targeted at members of extremist organisations including Italians who participated in the fighting in Eastern Ukraine.
Special Forces of the anti-terrorist police officers inspect an air-to-air missile seized during an operation against the extreme right in Turin, Italy, 15 July 2019. War weapons were seized from far right groups in various cities in northern Italy on Monday. Three arrests were made. EPA-EFE/TINO ROMANO
The raids were coordinated by the prosecutors in Torino and included the collaboration of security forces in Milano, Varese, Pavia, Novara and Forlì.
Three arrests were made. Among them was Fabio Del Bergiolo, 50, a former customs anti-fraud inspector who stood for the Senate for far-right group Forza Nuova (FN) in 2001, in the Varese constituency.
