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00domenica 22 aprile 2012 23:00
An Italian convert to Islam was arrested in the north-eastern city of Pesaro on Monday on suspicion of distributing material on waging 'jihad' or holy war and 10 other suspected militants were placed under investigation across the country.
The arrested man, a 28-year-old factory worker whose Muslim name was given as Abdul Wahid As Siquili, was detained because he was about to flee the country for Morocco, police said.
Police said As Siquili had "close ties" to a Moroccan militant arrested in March on suspicion of planning an attack on Milan's synagogue, Mohamed Jarmoune.
The Pesaro worker allegedly sent Jarmoune and the others an Internet link where they could download material on guerrilla warfare and bomb attacks.
Raids were made in Milan, Cuneo, Pesaro, Cagliari, Salerno and Palermo.
The 10 probed, whose nationality was not immediately divulged, were "gravitating in the Islamist fundamentalist galaxy," police said. In Cagliari, an Italian literature teacher was under investigation for allegedly translating material from Internet sites inspired by al Qaeda