Interior Minister Matteo Salvini
said Tuesday that Tunisia had detained a group of potentially
dangerous Islamist extremists who were about to try to reach
Italy via sea.
"The Tunisian authorities have held nine Islamic extremists
who were trying to embark on a rubber dinghy to reach Italy,"
Salvini, who is also deputy premier and leader of the rightwing
League party, said via Twitter.
"This will show those who say 'the terrorists don't arrive by
boat...' Will (daily newspaper) Repubblica report this?".
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