The operation was carried out throughout Italy. The youths, many of them minors, frequented supremacist social media groups and exchanged information to build explosive devices. They published manifestos about the massacres of white supremacist attackers, praising Hitler or Brenton Tarrant, the perpetrator of mosque attacks that killed dozens. But they also proposed techniques for carrying out bombings or constructing explosive devices. Carabinieri officers from the ROS (Special Operations Unit) and DIGOS (Division of Special Operations) conducted searches in several cities targeting 17 individuals—including 14 minors—accused of propaganda and incitement to crime based on racial and religious discrimination, with aggravating circumstances of terrorism. Some of them participated in the social media group “Chat del Nuovo Ordine Europeo,” others in the “Fronte Fascista Italiano” group, with posts targeting Jews, homosexuals, and people of color. (…) «The investigative activities – the investigators explain – initiated by the ROS and the Digos on online monitoring attributable to the accelerationist, supremacist and neo-Nazi area present on various social media have allowed the suspects to be identified as participants in two specific groups within which the participants: − they reproduced documents/manifestos of the main supremacist attackers of recent years, in which the massacres committed and the weapons used are described in detail; − they published videos of known terrorists, including Brenton Tarrant, praising their actions without censorship; − fomented hatred by propagating ideas based on racism, anti-Semitism, gender discrimination, neo-Nazism; − they exalted the figure of Adolf Hitler, the SS, fascism and the main supremacist symbols; − they carried out online gaming activities in which scenes of violence and the killing of ethnic minorities were virtually recreated; − provided, in some cases, clear and precise instructions: for the manufacture of homemade explosive devices, as well as for the “correct” use of such devices in order to increase their lethal effect and for training, use and handling of bladed weapons and firearms».
via unionesarda: Neo-Nazi posts and planned attacks: 17 young people under investigation
siehe auch: Italian police break up teenage neo-nazi networks plotting terrorist violence Fourteen teenagers are among seventeen people targeted in an Italian investigation into neo-nazi networks accused of planning terrorism and discussing attacks on religious and civilian targets. Italian police have broken up two neo-nazi networks accused of promoting terrorism, discussing attacks and circulating bomb-making and weapons manuals, with 14 of the 17 people searched being minors. The operation, involving the Carabinieri’s ROS unit and Digos police, targeted suspects across Italy following an investigation into online groups promoting neo-nazism, white supremacy and accelerationist violence. Terrorist motivation The 17 searches took place in cities including Rome, Milan, Como, Bologna, Palermo and Verona. Three adults and 14 minors were targeted. In some cases, investigators are also alleging terrorist-motivated aggravating circumstances. The investigation centred on two groups, “Nuovo Ordine Europeo” and “Fronte Fascista Italiano”, which investigators associate with accelerationism, white supremacy and neo-Nazism. Police say members shared the manifestos and propaganda of terrorists including Anders Breivik, Christchurch mass murderer Brenton Tarrant and Halle synagogue attacker Stephan Balliet, with material portraying them as figures to emulate. Weapons seized by police during raids on neo-nazis Investigators also found manuals relating to homemade explosives and weapons, together with material describing violent “direct actions”. Police warned of the “concrete danger” created by the circulation of such material. The FFI group allegedly operated with a pseudo-military hierarchy and recruited through Telegram. According to investigators, conversations included proposals for attacks on a mosque and synagogue, followed by a suggestion that a school could also be targeted; 17 Suspected Neo-Nazis Investigated in Italy Over Terror Plots, Racist Violence. Italian police searched 17 people on Friday in an investigation into suspected neo-Nazi and white supremacist networks that allegedly spread racist propaganda, praised mass killings and shared instructions for carrying out violent attacks. Fourteen of the suspects are minors and three are adults. Officers carried out searches across several parts of Italy as authorities investigate possible offenses including incitement to commit crimes, racial discrimination and preparations for terrorist acts. (…) The investigation centers on online groups where members allegedly exchanged white supremacist and neo-Nazi propaganda and praised people responsible for previous mass attacks. Material circulated in the groups included manifestos by white supremacist attackers, accounts of mass killings and information about the weapons involved. Members also shared videos of terrorists including Brenton Tarrant, with some praising their actions. Other posts promoted antisemitic, racist and misogynistic views, targeted Black and gay people, denied the Holocaust and glorified Adolf Hitler, the SS and fascist and Nazi symbols; Italy raids neo-Nazi network over synagogue attack plot, finds bomb manuals and weapons Fourteen of the 17 suspects are minors; investigators say the groups praised Hitler and the SS, spread antisemitic, racist and homophobic propaganda, shared mass killers’ manifestos, denied the Holocaust and recruited members through Telegram. Italian security forces on Friday searched the homes of 17 people, including 14 minors, as part of a nationwide investigation into an online neo-Nazi and white supremacist network whose members allegedly spread antisemitic propaganda, praised Adolf Hitler and discussed attacks on a synagogue, mosque and school (…) Investigators focused on two main online groups. One, called the “New European Order Chat,” allegedly distributed Nazi and white supremacist propaganda, Holocaust denial, antisemitic material, manifestos written by mass killers and manuals on explosives. The second, called the “Italian Fascist Front,” allegedly circulated racist and antisemitic material targeting Jews, Black people and gay people, as well as videos of executions and massacres of minorities and propaganda linked to The Base, a U.S.-founded neo-Nazi organization. The Italian Fascist Front allegedly had an internal hierarchy. Its founder and administrator used the title “supreme commander,” while other members were assigned titles including “secretary,” “Blackshirt” and “SS corporal.” Recruitment was conducted through Telegram, with prospective members required to fill out an application form, and participants referred to one another as “comrades in combat.” According to the investigation, conversations in the groups included threats and proposals involving attacks on a synagogue, a mosque and a school, as well as talk of a “mass reset” and Holocaust denial. Police searches across several Italian cities uncovered knives and other bladed weapons, Nazi flags and memorabilia, as well as phones, computers and other electronic devices investigators suspect were used to distribute extremist material.