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Italy accuses Lebanese man of plotting bio-chemical attack

by VTV430 November 2018 Last updated at 11:11 AM

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VTV.vn - Police in Sardinia, Italy say they have arrested a Lebanese man suspected of trying to buy material online for a planned biological or chemical attack in Italy that he researched using Islamic State propaganda.

Police said 38-year-old Amin Alhaj Ahmad researched the aflatoxin B1 carcinogen and the metomil pesticide using his smartphone. He was detained as he left his home in Sardinia, Italy on Wednesday and is accused of association with international terrorism.

In a statement, Italy's Interior Ministry said the number of suspected terrorists expelled from Italy since January 2015 has increased to 349.