Italian police have arrested 40 people in a security operation following the foiled plot to bring down transatlantic flights, it has been reported.
The news has come from the ANSA news agency.
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Police arrested 40 people in cities throughout Italy in raids on Muslim gathering places in a security crackdown after Britain thwarted an alleged terror plot, the Interior Ministry said tonight.
The arrests were made in Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Naples and other cities yesterday and today “as part of an extraordinary operation that followed the British anti-terrorist operation”. the ministry said.
Twenty-eight people were arrested for violating rules on residence permits and 12 were arrested for property crimes, its statement said.
The raids were made on “Islamic gathering places, including call centres, internet points and money transfer” offices, the ministry said.