A judge in Italy has convicted two young jihadists who plotted a terrorist attack using explosives, but let one go free and sentenced the other merely to house arrest. Wherever there are Leftists, pro-abortion activism, transgender activism, and work for climate change and open-door immigration all take precedence over national security (and the economy).
Alessia Ambrosi, regional councillor of the national-conservative Brother of Italy (FdI), slammed the judge’s ruling, and with good reason. A report released three months ago by Italy’s intelligence organization — il Dipartimento delle Informazioni per la Sicurezza (DIS) — backs up Ambrosi, stating that Italy remains “a major target of Islamic Jihadist terrorist groups, with the report noting that terror groups have spoken among themselves of attacking Rome.”
“Muslims planned attacks: one goes to house arrest, the other returns to freedom. It is controversial,” translated from “Islamici ideavano attentati: uno va ai domiciliari, l’altra torna libera. È bufera,” by Luca Sablone, Il Giornale, June 24, 2022:
Two Muslims planned to carry out an attack in Italy with explosive devices, but the very hard blow that was expected did not arrive: neither prison nor expulsion, simply house arrest for one of them. The other, on the other hand, is free. The hypothesis of a crime for a man and a woman is that of association for the purpose of terrorism or subversion of the democratic order, recruitment and training for the purpose of terrorism, including international ones.
The investigating judge of the Court of Rovereto (Trento) on 18 June ordered the measure of pre-trial detention under house arrest against the man, with the obligation of an electronic bracelet. This measure was deemed necessary to ensure that the suspect can undertake a path of deradicalization. For her, no validation of the arrest. The decision ended up in the center of a political firestorm since, in the face of such gravity, the disciplinary consequences should have been more uncompromising.
The storm breaks out
For Alessia Ambrosi, regional councilor of the Brothers of Italy in Trentino Alto Adige, such a choice “is scandalous.” For the exponent of FdI, this situation highlights not only the lack of the judicial system, but also the inability that should be guaranteed for the controls of foreigners: “The first terrorist will serve the sentence in house arrest to allow him to complete a path of re-education.” The accomplice, on the other hand, is given permission to return to freedom, with the risk of rescheduling another attack.”Obviously the point is not the work carried out by the Carabinieri del Ros and the Trento provincial command, but the level of measures adopted in the light of what has emerged. Elena Testor, senator of the League, warned about the dangers related to too large shirts in terms of citizenship: “With a law like the Ius scholae so much promoted by the left, these dangerous terrorists would have been Italians in all respects.” This is the demonstration that a law for easy citizenship can be very dangerous: “It could even endanger the security of our country.”
Plan
Both were born in Italy from families of Kosovar origin and appear to be inserted in the social, work and study context. They would have trained to carry out violent acts and would have planned to carry out an attack with explosive devices in Italy. All in the name of the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS). The criminal plans would have foreseen that, after having committed the attack, the two would have had to go to Africa. Here they should have joined the very same terrorist organization.The radicalization
For some time, the two had embarked on a path of radicalization through jihadist propaganda on the web. After carrying out all the searches of the case, computer equipment and chemicals, precursors for the manufacture of explosive devices, were seized. The material was delivered to the Scientific Investigations Group: the experts will carry out the technical assessments.“There has been a path of violent radicalization of the suspect who has gradually approached the ideology of the Islamic State up to the swearing of loyalty to IS in the virtual hands of a member of the Islamic State. This path leads him to take positions more radical “, explained the commander of the Ros, General Pasquale Angelosanto.
Who is the suspect
The man who ended up under house arrest is a chemical technician: the suspect, considering both his training and the workplace he attended, is able to “procure precursor chemicals for very dangerous explosive material”. The substances were “partially removed from the workplace”; the material was then “put aside in a storage place.” The chemicals would have been useful for explosive material. Sandro Raimondi, prosecutor of the Republic of Trento, made it known that “what was in dispute was partially admitted”.The defence
The defense, however, is keen to specify that the investigation is absolutely circumstantial and that, “according to this defense, the hypotheses of crime do not appear to be supported by adequate evidence.” The man allegedly “simply participated in some on-line conversation, confining himself to hypothesizing a trip abroad.” So the defense argues that he does not appear to have carried out preparatory acts. “Everything is based on the interpretation of conversations that have yet to be contextualized,” he adds.
