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After the attack on the Gambetta Carnot School Arras in France, where a former student Russian-Chechen When the 20-year-old broke into the facility and stabbed a teacher while he allegedly shouted “Allah Akbar,” Europe stepped up its attacks Attack alert levelstricter controls.
L’Terror alertin reality has increased since the explosion Russian-Ukrainian conflictBut in the hours after the Hamas attack on Israel, the strengthening of sensitive targets in Italy began.
The riskexplained Prime Minister Giorgia Melons Visiting the synagogue of Rome is one thing Attempt at imitationFaced with such a picture, it is natural to worry and wonder if there is anything concrete Terror threat to Italy.
There is a possibility of danger, but as Interior Minister Matteo explained Plant yourselfThe Italian secret service guarantees a “reliable prevention system”. Certainly – the minister continues – Italy and the rest of Europe face difficult months ahead.
But what do they have to do with it? War in Ukraine and in Palestine with the increased risks of Terrorist attack in Europe? Let’s try to clear any doubts you may have. Below you will find everything you need to know about it.
Why there is another terror alarm in Italy and Europe: What happened?
Fears that it is too widespread are growing Situations of instability on the border of Europe and the Middle East. L’Terror alert This led to tightening controls across Europe, particularly after the events in France on October 13th and 14th.
The October 13th a former student Russian-Chechen broke into his old high school ad Arras and stabbed the teacher Dominique Bernard and injured two other people while – according to the reconstructions – he screamed: “Allah Akbar“. The perpetrator of the attack was already known to the French police forces monitoring him and had identified him as “S“, i.e. a topic “threatened by radicalization”.
On the same day someone else came forward attempted terrorist attack To Paris. The very young attacker also targeted another school, Condorcet High School in Limay, but after leaving a prayer center he was immediately stopped by police.
The October 14thThen they set off Three bomb scares at two sensitive points in the French capital: al Louvre MuseumTo Versailles and the Paris train station from Gare de Lyon. The authorities assumed that the security of the buildings was at risk: a bomb threat had been received in the Louvre, while a bomb explosion had been reported in Versailles and at the train station.
France then activated the highest alert level “Emergency attacks“, allowing an extraordinary mobilization of resources – 7,000 soldiers – across France “until further notice”.
What does the war in Palestine and Ukraine have to do with fear of terrorism?
Before activating the highest levels of Terror alert In Europe it is appropriate to clarify what they have to do with it War in Ukraine and that War in Palestine.
The terror warning was actually triggered February 2022 with the beginning Russian-Ukrainian conflict, paying maximum attention to those who went to fight in Ukraine and the Russian separatist republics and then tried to return to Europe. The alarm then continued with the extraordinary wave of Migrant landings.
The secret service worked immediately and monitored both the reception centers and the immigrant present on Italian and European soil for some time to find out who is a Risk of radicalization. And with the war in Palestine and Israel, migration flows will increase.
Finally, in the hours immediately following the raid Hamas – not to be confused with Palestine and the Palestinians – new surveillance has been launched on the network through which theIslamic extremism.
Terror warning: Are there specific dangers for Italy?
Also in Italy it was triggeredTerror alert and that’s why he immediately made an appointment Reinforcement of sensitive targets in Italy: Over 4,000 facilities are monitored in the capital alone. But is Italy really in danger?
As the European country of first arrival for migration flows, there is only one answer Yesat least loudly Diego ParenteCentral Director of the Prevention Police and President of the Home(Strategic Analysis Committee on Combating Terrorism), which underlined this There is a risk this in irregular migration flows can “infiltrate security-threatening people in various ways.”
Since the attack by HamasItaly immediately activated emergency management intervention plans. Attention has increased at sensitive points such as train stations, ports, airports, but also symbolic Jewish places and cultural sites. Cross-checks were then carried out on the lists of transit passengers in Italy. Not only. At the borders, the authorities have increased the number of controls and increased attention active cells In Italian prisons.
Piantedosi reassured citizens and said he trusted the Italian intelligence system, thanks to which “we were almost always able to intercept these phenomena.” In fact, the secret service is already working to monitor the situation 146 foreign fighters under surveillance. Actually, I Risks of infiltration From extremists They can come from so-called fighters returning from nearby theaters of war, e.g Syria, Libya or breakaway republics Donbass and now from Israel And Palestine.
Part of the research then focuses on exactly this Hamas and his network. In fact, our financial intelligence is monitoring a number of money transfers from Italy to the West Bank as potentially at risk, as well as investigations into them potentially resting cells with reference to Islamic terrorism: As a rule, these are “lone wolves” who are in contact with the Internet via the Internet terrorist organizations In Syria.
However, it is good to reassure readers once again, because Repubblica reminds us that the prevention system in Italy has always worked so well that “in recent years it has not recorded any terrorist attacks”.
