Overview

• Interpol arrested 46-year-old Hasan Uzun in the Netherlands on a European warrant issued by judge Marco Casavecchia, and he was extradited to Trieste and placed in isolation at the Coroneo prison.
• Uzun currently faces the charge of carrying and possessing a common firearm in concert, with his lawyer Lucrezia Chermaz noting that the broader investigation remains open.
• A confidential security-services note referenced a “possible project of an attack” against the Pope attributed to a Turkish group linked to ISIS-K.
• Investigators link Uzun to a CZ model 7B 9mm pistol with a magazine and 14 rounds found in an abandoned trolley at Trieste’s train-station bar on July 6, 2024.
• Surveillance and travel records reportedly show Uzun leaving the trolley, purchasing a new Italian SIM with cash, traveling to Milan, being refused entry at the Swiss border, and investigators are assessing signs of possible accomplices.