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Two arrested in Italy for spreading Islamist propaganda

Two people were arrested in Italy for spreading terrorist propaganda online.

epa06925107 Italian police officers carry out checks in the Vasto district on the day after the wounding of a Senegalese street vendor, in Naples, southern Italy, 03 August 2018. A 22 year-old Senegalese street vendor by the name of Cisse' Elhadji Diebel, who lives in Italy with a residence permit, was wounded in the leg by two strangers with a gunshot. The young man was in the company of two friends in the street when two people on a scooter fired some gunshots. EPA-EFE/CESARE ABBATE

ROME, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Two people have been arrested in Italy for spreading online terrorist propaganda linked to militant groups Palestine Islamic Jihad, Islamic State and al-Qaeda, police in the northern city of Brescia said Monday.

The suspects are a Pakistani national and an Italian citizen of Pakistani origin, a statement said. They were apprehended following a investigation that started in October 2022, they said.

On Sunday, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said Italy remained on alert for possible terrorist attacks following the weekend attack in Paris, in which one German tourist was killed and two others were wounded.

“We have confidence in our traditional prevention systems, but attention must remain high,” the minister was quoted as saying by the Ansa news agency.

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