A 34-year-old resident of the
southern city of Foggia has been taken to jail as part of an
anti-terrorism operation coordinated by Bari investigators,
sources said Friday.
Kamel Sadeaoui, who is of Tunisian origin, is suspected of
pro-ISIS propaganda on the Internet and illegal possession of
weapons.
His 32-year-old brother was tracked down and expelled from
Italy on May 13.
A Bari police statement said the operation was aimed at
"preventing and weakening the phenomenon of the so-called lone
wolves inspired by Daesh".
Sadeaoui, who was detained on May 5, allegedly used
"sophisticated web-monitoring techniques" for "Islamic State
propaganda activities via the publication of videos and posts on
Facebook exalting the actions carried out by militants of the
terrorist group".
He allegedly accompanied propaganda with the slogan "The
Islamic State will survive", Bari prosecutors said, adding that
in one conversation he praised the terrorist behind the attack
on a Berlin Christmas market in December.
Statements posted by the brothers allegedly included "destroy
the traitor governments", "slit the dogs' throats" and "combat
the evil in our country... to bring back Islam's greatness".
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