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Two Albanians, originally from Kosovo, have fallen into the hands of the Italian police after being accused of preparing to carry out a terrorist attack in Italy, according to the Italian news agency ANSA.
On June 15, the Italian Carabinieri Special Unit (ROS) investigating terrorism and organized crime, with the support of the Trento Regional Command, issued a restraining order against two young men of Albanian origin, after they had been trained to commit violent acts and were planning to carry out an explosive attack in Italy - in Trentino - on behalf of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS).
Both men in their twenties are being investigated on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism, subversion of the democratic order, registration, and training for terrorist purposes, including international ones, local media report.
The Italian court has imposed the measure of arrest on the man at home, with the obligation to wear the electronic bracelet, where his location is monitored.
In the decision to implement the measure of house arrest, it is explained that this decision was determined by the need to guarantee a path of deradicalization of the suspect, in which the family of origin, fully integrated into the Italian social structure, will have an essential role.
Investigative actions showed that the two young men, born in Italy to families of Kosovar origin, long integrated into the social, work, and study context, have undertaken a path of radicalization enabled by jihadist propaganda on the Internet. After the attack, the two had to travel to Africa to join the terrorist organization.
During the operation, several controls were carried out which made possible the seizure of computer equipment and chemical products that would be used for the production of explosive devices.
The planned attack would take place "certainly in Trentino, but we can not say more", explained Chief Prosecutor Sandro Raimondi.
Since the outbreak of the armed conflict in 2011, more than 350 Kosovar citizens have traveled to Syria and Iraq. In the group of Kosovars who traveled to Syria, in addition to men, there were women and children.