A 25-year-old Pakistani man was arrested on terrorism charges in Trieste on Friday, police said.
The suspect allegedly searched online, on various platforms, for material clearly inspired by jihadism and shared it on dedicated social media platforms, through various profiles linked to him and with a significant following, the police said.
On several occasions, he had allegedly demonstrated his sympathy for the main global jihad groups, openly declaring his membership in the terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS).
The man had also recently attempted to purchase firearms online and expressed interest in learning, again online, techniques for assembling and manufacturing homemade explosive devices.
He is charged with serious suspicion of conspiracy to commit terrorism, including international terrorism, training for activities aimed at terrorism, including international terrorism, and incitement to commit a crime, with the aggravating circumstances of condoning terrorism crimes and committing the crime through computer and electronic means.
The arrest was carried out by the Carabinieri of the ROS Special Operations Unit, assisted in the execution phase by the Trieste Provincial Carabinieri Command and operational support teams from the 13th Friuli Venezia Giulia Regiment, and delegated by the Trieste District Anti-Mafia Directorate.
The videos posted, it was explained during a press conference at the Public Prosecutor’s Office, with Chief Prosecutor Patrizia Castaldini, are mostly propaganda, some of them gruesome, featuring live images of killings.
The detainee allegedly encouraged followers to repost them and also provided links where they could be found.
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