Italian foreign fighter 'very dangerous'

(ANSA) - Milan, October 26 - Alleged Italian foreign fighter Maria Giulia 'Fatima' Sergio is a danger to society, National Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terror Prosecutor Maurizio Romanelli said Wednesday in his summing-up in a trial against the woman and another five defendants. Maria Giulia Sergio, her father Sergio Sergio, her husband Aldo Kobuzi and three more people face charges of terrorism. Campania native Maria Giulia and her father were indicted in February. The suspect is thought to be in Syria, where she has been a combatant for the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group since 2014. The woman is "extraordinarily dangerous", is of sound mind, and "lived among us until recently", the prosecutor told the court. Her sister Marianna was tried separately and sentenced to five years four months in prison. Earlier on Wednesday, Sergio Sergio told the court: "I didn't want to fight a war, I just wanted to be with my daughter. I wasn't happy to leave but my daughters forced me to go with them". The alleged foreign fighter's parents and sister, all of whom were converts to Islam, were arrested in July when prosecutors said they and seven other suspects had joined ISIS and were on the verge of leaving to fight in Syria.
    The mother, Assunta Buonfiglio, died of cardiac arrest aged 60 in October 2015, on the eve of her release into house arrest.