Milan police coordinated by the local
State Attorney's Office's anti-terror division have arrested a
38-year-old Turkish citizen living in Italy who is suspected of
involvement in a criminal group that allegedly committed
terrorist attacks in Europe, investigative sources said on
Thursday.
The man is under investigation on charges of criminal
association, aggravated by its cross-national orgaanization,
aimed at the illegal detention and international trafficking of
weapons, aiding and abetting illegal immigration and multiple
murders, among others.
The man is suspected of being linked to a group that allegedly
carried out attacks in Europe, in particular in Berlin,
murdering a Turkish citizen on March 10 and of planning a foiled
attack in Turkey targeting an aluminium factory last March
19-20, investigative sources said.
The criminal network was allegedly headed by a Turkish national
arrested on May 22 last year with 20 others as part of an
international operation involving Italian, Swiss, Bosnian and
Dutch police.
Investigators believe the organization's alleged leader
masterminded the murder of the Turkish national in Berlin and
the foiled attack in Turkey, among others.
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