Italian police on Thursday executed arrest warrants on six people, including a couple of suspected Islamist extremists who allegedly wanted to take their children aged two and four with them to join the jihad in conflict-hit areas of Syria-Iraq, ANSA sources said. The couple were residents of the northern province of Lecco. Also arrested was a 23-year-old Moroccan national, a resident of the province of Varese and the brother of a foreign fighter expelled from Italy in January 2015, who was allegedly set to go with the couple. Arrest warrants were also issued for another couple who were residents of Lecco province and went to the Syria-Iraq region in February 2015 and a relative of theirs, who had put the latter in contact with the aspiring jihadists. Thursday's operation was carried out with joint dawn raids conducted by various Carabinieri and police units.
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