Italian authorities have arrested two armed Turkish males in Viterbo, close to Rome, hours earlier than a well-liked native pageant
ROME — Two armed Turkish males had been arrested within the central Italian metropolis of Viterbo, close to Rome, hours earlier than a well-liked native pageant, Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni stated Thursday.
Meloni praised police and Inside Minister Matteo Piantedosi for his or her “swift intervention” resulting in the arrests on Wednesday night time, which she stated “allowed for the secure celebration of a novel occasion.”
Italian media reported that the 2 males had been suspected of getting ready an assault throughout Wednesday’s celebration, which was attended by Italian Overseas Minister Antonio Tajani. Police in Viterbo weren’t instantly obtainable to touch upon the motive of the arrests or the media studies of a attainable assault.
Hundreds of individuals attend Viterbo’s Macchina di Santa Rosa pageant, a spiritual procession and celebration held yearly on Sept. 3 to honor the town’s patron saint, Santa Rosa. The primary occasion includes 100 “Facchini di Santa Rosa,” porters carrying a towering, illuminated construction known as the “Macchina,” which weighs almost 5 tons, by the town’s slender medieval streets.
In current months, Turkish authorities have performed main operations in opposition to Turkish crime teams working overseas in cooperation with European police.
In April, coordinated raids in Turkey and several other European nations led to 234 arrests for drug trafficking and cash laundering, and the seizure of over 21 tons of medication.
In Could 2024, a joint activity power of Italian legislation enforcement and Interpol forces raided an condo within the Viterbo hamlet of Bagnaia and arrested the alleged Turkish mafia boss Bariş Boyun, one in every of Ankara’s most wished males.
