Italian Anti-Terror Police Arrest PA-Linked Palestinians Over Alleged Terror Plot | Algemeiner.com

The Italian authorities on Monday announced the arrest of three Palestinians on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks in Europe, one of whom has been in custody since January awaiting possible extradition to Israel.

According to Italian anti-terrorist police, the three men had been living in the city of l’Aquila north of Rome on visas issued for humanitarian reasons. Documents submitted by the prosecution alleged that the Palestinians had attempted to establish a “rapid response group” connected to the Tulkarem Brigade of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades — a terrorist group linked to the Fatah Party of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas.