Italian police have arrested three Palestinians primarily based in central Italy who they mentioned had been planning assaults in an unspecified nation, a police assertion mentioned on Monday.
The three males dwelling in l’Aquila, about 120 km (75 miles)northeast of Rome, had arrange a cell linked to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, it mentioned.
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is an armed terrorist group that’s linked to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah motion and is taken into account a terrorist group by Israel, the European Union and the USA.
Prices towards the three Palestinians
Police mentioned the three Palestinians had been charged with felony conspiracy for terrorism functions or subversion of the democratic order, which carries jail phrases of as much as 15 years.
“The suspects engaged in proselytism and propaganda (…) and deliberate assaults, together with suicide assaults, towards civilian and army targets on overseas territory,” police mentioned.
One of many three males is needed by Israel, which is at battle with the Palestinian militant group Hamas within the Gaza Strip, and an Italian courtroom is inspecting an extradition request for him, the assertion added.
In a separate assertion, Inside Minister Matteo Piantedosi hailed the arrest of “three harmful terrorists” and mentioned Italy was all the time on excessive alert towards extremism and radicalisation.
There was no instant remark by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
