Italian police arrest two suspects in Milan linked to IS

Italian authorities cracked down on suspected Islamic State (IS) affiliates, deploying an elite police squad to disrupt and arrest two individuals in Milan, the capital of the Lombardy region in northern Italy. The operation was led by the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office.

The suspects, both of Italian and Egyptian nationality, were charged with promoting, inciting, recruiting and funding the IS.

Antonio Tajani, the Foreign Affairs Minister, revealed that Italy’s alert level had been heightened. However, he denied that Italy was directly targeted at this time, despite ongoing counter-terrorism efforts. This incident followed a recent IS-claimed attack in Brussels, where two Swiss nationals were killed and one injured.

The assailant was eventually apprehended, but not before being wounded by Italian police and subsequently hospitalised in the…