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Italian Police Arrest Three Suspected Recruiters for ISIS

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Getty 032515 Terrorism?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1427303159078iStock/Thinkstock(ROME) — Police in Italy have arrested three suspected members of an Islamic extremist cell believed to be recruiting jihadists for ISIS.

Two of the suspects were taken into custody in northern Italy Wednesday after authorities searched their property.

Police say one suspect — a 20-year-old Italian of Moroccan descent — is accused of posting 64 pages of pro-ISIS propaganda on the Internet. The document was posted on Facebook and other sites and was written in Italian — evidence, police say, of an attempt to recruit jihadists in Italy.

The two other suspects, an uncle and nephew, have Albanian citizenship. One lives in northern Italy and the other in Albania.

Police say all three were in touch with an ISIS fighter with links to Italy.

Wednesday’s arrests were the result of a long, covert operation, according to authorities.

Italy has been on high alert for terrorist attacks since ISIS threatened it would invade Rome in a video several months ago.


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