Italy police target Pakistan attack suspects in major operation
Italian police said on Friday they were carrying out a "vast anti-terrorism" operation against an organisation inspired by al Qaeda that wanted to support attacks against Pakistan`s government and US forces in Afghanistan.
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Rome: Italian police said on Friday they were carrying out a "vast anti-terrorism" operation against an organisation inspired by al Qaeda that wanted to support attacks against Pakistan`s government and US forces in Afghanistan.
All the suspects were Pakistanis or Afghans, anti-terrorism police official Mario Carta told Reuters by telephone. Some had been arrested in Italy and others were believed to have left the country, he said, adding that the operation was still in progress.
Some of those under investigation were believed to be involved in attacks in Pakistan, including one that killed more than 100 people in a market in the northwestern frontier city of Peshawar in 2009, the police added.
Most of the warrants centred on the Italian island of Sardinia, but the operation covered a total of seven Italian provinces, the statement said.
The organisation arranged for Pakistanis and Afghans to get into Italy under work contracts or as refugees seeking asylum and later sent some to cities in northern Europe, a police statement said.
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