Interior Minister Angelino Alfano
said Thursday that two more people had been expelled from Italy
"in the last few hours" in security measures aimed at countering
the threat of terrorism.
On Wednesday a 51-year-old Moroccan imam, Mohammed Madad,
was expelled due to suspicions he facilitated international
terrorism.
Madad had resided in the northern province of Reggio
Emilia until six months ago and then moved to the province of
Vicenza.
Security police had been keeping tabs on him for some time
and his sermons in the town of Noventa Vicentina had become
increasingly anti-Western of late, the sources said. He named
one of his daughters Jihad. Also on Wednesday, police arrested
two Moroccans in relation to a terrorism probe and a third
person was reported to prosecutors. They are suspected of
activities to promote ISIS, sources said. The three suspects,
aged between 27 and 44, are all residents in the province of
Savona and have lived in Italy for years, the sources added.
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