Five people resident in Veneto
have been placed under investigation on suspicion of terrorism,
police said Wednesday.
Venice police think they are close to organisations
fighting for Islamist jihad, Corriere del Veneto newspaper said.
Italy, like other Western countries, is concerned about
domestic jihadis going to fight in Syria and Iraq.
Investigators believe that at least some of the five were
working to recruit both immigrants and others as jihadists to go
to Syria or Iraq.
Following the interior ministry's recent terrorist alert,
intelligence investigations were stepped up in the Veneto
region, both at Islamic centers and on individuals considered
dangerously close to fundamentalist ideas.
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