Anti-terror police on Thursday
said they are investigating an Italian-language piece of Islamic
State propaganda that has been circulating on the Web.
Titled 'A Valid Caliphate or Not?' it is signed "Your
brother in Allah, Mehdi".
Police say this is the same signature that appeared on
another Italian-language Internet document titled 'Islamic
State, a Reality that Would Like to Communicate With You'.
Investigators say both documents may have been authored by
Madhi el-Halili, a 20-year-old Italian of Moroccan descent who
was arrested Wednesday near Turin on charges of promoting
association to a group with intent to commit acts of
international terrorism.
El-Halili was one of three suspects arrested in Italy and
Albania in an operation to bust an alleged Islamic extremist
cell that was dedicated to recruiting jihadists and helping them
reach ISIS militias.
The operation was the result of a two-year Brescia-based
investigation by Italian anti-terrorism police.
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