Overview
- Police executed a house‑arrest order issued by a Brescia judge after an investigation coordinated by the Brescia prosecutor’s office.
- The suspect is accused of recruiting foreign youths for acts of violence or sabotage with terrorist aims.
- Investigators say he indoctrinated a young person later convicted as an affiliate of the Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan group, described as an Al Qaeda ramification.
- Forensic analysis of his smartphone uncovered videos showing military training techniques and materials consistent with jihadist propaganda, according to police.
- Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi called the operation proof of effective security coordination involving Brescia and Genoa police with support from Mantova under the national prevention directorate.