Friday, April 29, 2016

Italy Names Six Suspects of Plotting IS Attacks; Discussed Attacks on Vatican, Israeli Embassy

Italian police issued arrest warrants yesterday for six people suspected of conspiring to join the Islamic State (IS), and court documents said three of them had been discussing possible attacks on the Vatican and the Israeli embassy in Rome, the Reuters website reports today (April 29, 2016).

Four of the suspects -- a couple living near Lake Como, a 23-year-old man and a woman, all Moroccans -- were detained in Italy yesterday, Milan prosecutor Maurizio Romanelli told a news conference.

The other two -- a Moroccan man and his Italian wife -- left Italy last year, traveled to Iraq and Syria, and are still on the loose, Romanelli added.

Italy has not suffered the kind of deadly Islamist attacks that hit France and Belgium, but authorities have arrested a number of people suspected of planning terrorist attacks. 

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