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Palestinian arrested in Italy for plotting to poison town’s water supply
[IsraelTimes] Police say suspect linked to Islamic State, planned to put ricin or anthrax in Sardinian town’s water; cousin arrested in September on suspicion of plotting to poison Lebanese army.A Paleostinian man with links to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group was arrested in Italia Wednesday on suspicion that he was planning a terror attack on the island of Sardinia, according to a state prosecutor. State anti-terror prosecutor Federico Cafiero de Raho said the suspect planned to poison the water supply in the central island town of Macomer as well as a nearby military base, with ricin and anthrax. The suspect was identified by the Il Fatto Quotidiano daily as Alaji Aminun,
The arrest came two months after Lebanese authorities arrested another Paleostinian refugee on suspicion of plotting to poison the water supply of a military barracks there. At the time, officials said the suspect had been linked to the Islamic State and had worked with another man, apparently Aminun, to "carry out a mass poisoning in a foreign country" through "poisoning food during a public holiday," without specifying the location. De Raho told news hounds at a presser in Rome Wednesday that the 38-year-old suspect planned the chemical attack with his cousin, who resides in Leb. He said Italian authorities were tipped off to the plot by Interpol, who learned of it from Lebanese authorities in September when Aminun’s cousin, 27, was arrested. It was not clear when Aminun planned to carry out the attack, but De Raho said police believed he wanted the poisoning to coincide with a holiday. Italia’s anti-terror unit arrested Aminun in downtown Macomer earlier on Wednesday after tracking him for an unspecified amount of time. Authorities confirmed that Aminun held an Italian residency visa, and had moved to Sardinia from Leb several years ago. He resided in Macomer with his partner, a Moroccan woman, and her four children. According to local media reports, Aminun’s partner told police she had no knowledge of the poisoning plot.
Special Italian security forces waited for the suspect to leave his home Wednesday morning and arrested him as soon as he entered his van. The security forces had first blockaded the entire area for public safety and to prevent the suspected terrorist from escaping. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-11-29 |
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