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Alleged Isis recruiter arrested in Italy

AFP
AFP - [email protected] • 26 Feb, 2016 Updated Fri 26 Feb 2016 11:29 CEST
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A Macedonian man suspected of recruiting jihadists for the Isis group was arrested on Friday in north-east Italy, police said.

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The suspect, detained near Venice, was "in charge of selecting and recruiting aspiring jihadists... who were then to be passed on to a Bosnian imam to be radicalized, enrolled in a terrorist organisation and transferred to a Middle Eastern war zone," investigators said.

Two other Macedonians were recently expelled from Italy over their alleged involvement in a jihadist recruitment drive.

The pair are among dozens of suspected Islamist radicals to have been banished from the country over the past year.

Italy appears to have less of a problem with homegrown jihadists than the likes of France or Belgium, with only a small number of Italians estimated to have travelled to Syria to fight alongside IS or other groups.

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