ROME: Italian authorities on Friday
ordered the expulsion of a Tunisian national suspected of planning an
attack at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, according to media reports.
Bilel
Chiahoui, 26, was arrested on Thursday after posting messages on social
media praising those behind the militant attacks in Europe and saying
he would attack the Tuscan city's famous monument, a huge tourist
attraction.
His expulsion order was signed by a judge on
Friday according to a police report, which said there was “evidence the
Tunisian sympathised with extremism and IS,” a reference to the Islamic
State group.
The police statement did not provide details on the target of the suspected attack.
There
has been mounting concern about the possibility of Italy being hit by
“lone wolf” terror attacks of the kind seen in neighbouring France and
Belgium.
Recent weeks have seen a string of suspected
militants expelled from the country on the order of Interior Minister
Angelino Alfano.
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