Two more extremists expelled says Alfano (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, July 28 - 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.