| Italian police said Wednesday they have arrested an Algerian and an Italian for allegedly providing false documents and other logistical support to Islamic terrorists. The two men were arrested Tuesday in Cassino, a town 120 kilometers south of Rome, said an official from the anti-terror police squad in the area, Antonella Chiapparelli. Two Algerians, believed to be part of the same group, remained at large, she said. The men were suspected of helping Algerian terrorists affiliated with an Islamic extremist group, the Salafist Group for Call and Combat. The suspects allegedly provided false papers, money and other support to terrorists coming to Italy from Algeria and then heading to other European countries, said Chiapparelli. They have been charged with criminal association aimed at supporting illegal immigration. Italian investigators have described Italy as a major European logistical base for Islamic terrorist groups. Dozens of people have been detained in Italy in several probes. |