Overview

• Police arrested the 16-year-old Iranian minor near Milan on July 13 following intensified monitoring of online extremist activity.
• He used the alias “l’incubo dei grattacieli” to share ISIS propaganda, praise jihadist attacks and distribute training materials to followers.
• Investigators found he abandoned Shiite beliefs to embrace Islamic State ideology and sought contact with ISIS representatives abroad.
• Authorities from DIGOS of Milan, AISI and AISE led the investigation as part of Italy’s digital surveillance efforts against youth radicalization.
• Prosecutors continue tracing his overseas network and assessing the involvement of potential accomplices in his online proselytism.