Four immigrant Islamic State recruits were plotting to create a bloodbath on the streets of Rome to send a gruesome message to Christians around the world, authorities say.
Now they’re heading to jail instead.
Italian police have arrested four people in a foreign fighter investigation, including a Moroccan-born man living in Italy who had received Islamic State orders to carry out attacks on Rome during Holy Year, prosecutors said Thursday.
Milan prosecutor Maurizio Romanelli told reporters that investigators intercepted the communication from within Islamic State territory ordering attacks in Italy, “with particular attention to the city of Rome” and focusing on the Holy Year pilgrimage now underway.
Romanelli said authorities acted quickly to close the investigation, arresting four people and issuing arrest warrants for two others believed to be in Islamic State territory.
“This is a new profile, because it was not a generic indication, but an indication given to a specific person who was invited to act within the territory of the Italian state,” Romanelli said.
Authorities arrested the Morroccan-born man, identified as Abderrahim Moutahrrick, and his wife, Salma Bencharki, who allegedly were planning on traveling from their home in Lecco, north of Milan, to Islamic State territory with their children ages 2 and 4. Romanelli said Moutahrrick had taken Italian citizenship and was an accomplished boxer.
Another Moroccan man who was planning to travel with them, identified as Abderrahmane Khachia, 23, was arrested in the northern city of Varese, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors also issued arrest warrants for an Italian-Moroccan couple who left to join Islamic State last year with three small children. Romanelli said that man, identified as Mohamed Koraichi, had become an Islamic State fighter and had communicated the orders to carry out attacks in Italy while making arrangements for the other family to join Islamic State.
The fourth arrest was of Koraichi’s sister, prosecutors said.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Italy is getting flooded with these folks from hater nations. Those in Italy who advocate their coming to Italy do little to help persecuted Christians from the Middle East.
why are they putting them in prison should just kill them all ,waste of food and time
So ISIS gets Stopped in Italy, they should DROWN those RATS, and JOE Biden is Heading THERE….Which is WORSE???
They should drown Joe right along side of them !
I agree.it’s waste of tax payer money.kill them all!they don’t give a crap about nobody but themselves.
I have a bunch of cousins and 1 Aunt living there.They are fighting some of the same Left-Wing nut-jobs that we battle with constantly over here.Believe me, most of the Italians are fed-up with the large number of these ,so-called, “refugees”.Good to see the Italian Intelligence agencies not buckling to the Left-Wing loonies!
As a country that has isolated itself, Italy dida good job on that front. Ironict as Main Street points out they do little to help out “persecuted Christians from the Middle East.” and the Vatican is in Italy. I have seen the pope taking Syrian refugees in though. That is really ironic.
You`re overlooking one thing:Most of their refugees are coming from North Africa, on boats, and there are very few Christians in that region, other than in Egypt.The Christian refugees are NOT commandeering boats to cross the Mediterranean, like these Muslims have been doing.But I agree , they should do more to help transport the Middle Eastern Christian refugees there.The Pope should be ashamed of his neglect of these Christians!
Are these 4 part of the 12 that the “Pope” brought to the Vatican??????
So now even Vatican City need to enforce their wall???
And Christian also have to watch out for immigrants ?
My POPE , please help us
The Pope brought 8 Muslim families to Rome. He looks like hypocrite Merkel showing to the world that they are helping the enemies. Pope should have helped those Christians chased and killed by ISIS in the Middle East. Instead the Pope helped the enemies. Worst is he brought right into the heart of Rome where they are now being attacked.
The world is upside down, the wrongs are right on top while the righteous are down under the feet of the terrorists. Look at Europe now. Rape, vandalism, species scattered and ruined buildings. Is this what Merkel wants? I think she is a traitor to her country and people. The Pope likewise I don’t know really up to, why he abandons the Christians and instead helped the Muslim enemies who will kill all unbelievers as ordered in their Quran.
Hopefully these ISIS terrorists will get to spend several decades in a musty Italian prison cell without the comforts of an Islamic diet or the calls to prayer.
Feed them only pork and lock them in a cell without a window so they never know which direction to pray to Mecca.
Merkel’s a scared rabbit. But promised to be in the nwo. That’s the stated prize. But really now…. Merkel. She’ll be outed, too. They too will all be slaughter if Caucasian .
Why keep them alive???? Get rid of the scum quietly and be done with it. We all know there are many many more out there. They don’t give a damn about Christians since they worship their satanic god. Have a good trip to hell you SOBs.
Deport all the Mislins from Frane,Belgium,Italy, Germany all of Europe before more more people get killed or hurt ,
There was a novel many years ago called “Camp of the Saints” that everyone needs to read.
Camp of the Saints, a prophetic book. The end of Western Culture and Civilization.
I’m Italian and almost all the Italians (90%) are angry with our puppet government put Obama them, damn Kenyan Muslim. Our Pope I think is crazy and cocaine