Italy Expels 64 Extremists, Eyes 90 Foreign Fighters

Italy says it expelled 64 suspected Islamic extremists in 2015 and monitored 90 foreign fighters as part of stepped-up measures to prevent attacks on Italian soil.   Interior Minister Angelino Alfano provided the statistics at an end-of-year press conference Tuesday.   Alfano said the latest expulsion, on Monday, involved a 30-year-old Moroccan living in Bologna who allegedly backed the Islamic State group on social media. Alfano said such people are expelled when prosecutors...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - mardi 22 décembre 2015