Digos

Italian police have arrested an anarchist in Rome on suspicion of terrorism and other offences. Investigators say his mobile phone contained instructions for making explosive devices and sabotaging public services. He also faces charges of aggravated assault against a Digos officer during the 18 April demonstration in support of Alfredo Cospito. The case is drawing wide attention in Italy amid ongoing debate over anarchist militancy and the Cospito hunger-strike movement.

A man accused of injuring a Digos political police executive in Rome in April has been arrested. According to RAI's Tg1, investigators found instructions for preparing sabotage on his mobile phone, and the case is being framed as part of an anarchist threat. The arrest is drawing attention to security concerns around radical groups in the Italian capital.

Italian police, including the ROS Carabinieri and Digos, have broken up an extensive online neo-Nazi and white-supremacist network made up mostly of radicalized teenagers. Officers executed 17 search warrants targeting 14 minors and 3 adults, aged roughly 16 to 24, in cities across the country. The operation has drawn attention to the spread of extremist ideology among very young people online.