Italian Police Arrest Man Planning to Carry Out Attack ‘For ISIS’
26th May 2026
The arrest of a 22-year-old man in Italy suggests Europe’s terror threat extends well beyond that posed by Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Police in Reggio Emilia and Bologna on Monday arrested an Italian man of Moroccan origins, who judicial sources told reporters is accused of recruiting for the purpose of terrorism, including international terrorism.
Investigators discovered that the man had alleged motives to attack people with a knife. He had been in contact with a man believed to be a supporter of the ISIS Islamic terror group, who had offered training and funding.
The man is now in police custody in jail. Prosecutors have, however, ruled out a terror motive.
So he’s not an ‘Italian man’ after all, but a ‘Moroccan man’ who happens to be in Italy.
Police ‘have ruled out a terror motive’ although the reason he was arrested was he was thought to be recruiting for terrorism. There’s what wrong with Europe, right there.