The following video report concerns the arrest in Milan of a would-be terrorist for the Islamic State. Even though the Egyptian perp had other mujahideen as “associates”, and propagandized for ISIS online, he is identified by the Italian authorities as a “lone wolf”.
Many thanks to FouseSquawk for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
Video transcript:
| 00:00 | “I am ready to fight and make war.” — It was perhaps this sentence that led to the action | |
| 00:06 | in the dead of night in Milan that brought the arrest of the 22-year-old Egyptian | |
| 00:10 | Shalabi Issam Elsayed Abuelamayem, the young man handcuffed by agents | |
| 00:15 | of Nocs (Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza — Security) special division of the police tasked | |
| 00:19 | with the fight against terrorism, and who for some time had been under [phone] intercepts. | |
| 00:24 | The Egyptian, considered [a part of] ISIS, was identified with two other subjects as a lone wolf, | |
| 00:30 | and bragged of having received very intense military training. | |
| 00:34 | In addition, he [is believed] to have a primary role | |
| 00:37 | in the machinery of the black caliphate’s propaganda. | |
| 00:40 | During the course of the investigation, in fact, the investigators | |
| 00:43 | recovered dozens of audios put out by the young man. | |
| 00:46 | They are [unintelligible] and sermons by extremist imams | |
| 00:50 | in which martyrdom is exhorted and hate is exhibited toward the West. | |
| 00:54 | The provision of preventive custody was issued by the Gip [primary investigation judge] of Aquila, | |
| 00:58 | the city where the case began, that led to various searches | |
| 01:03 | in Abruzzo, Lombardy, Emiglio Romagna and Piedmont. | |
| 01:06 | The accusation against the 22-year-old Egyptian | |
| 01:09 | is association with the aim of international terrorism, | |
| 01:12 | instigation in defense of terrorism. | |
| 01:17 | For the other [investigative] subjects, both Egyptians, 21 and 23 years old, on the other hand, | |
| 01:21 | there is an order of expulsion by the Interior Ministry, | |
| 01:25 | but one of the two at the moment has not been located. |
‘Lone Wolf’; (noun),
A muslim jihadist invader from the Middle East who has fewer than five thousand friends and close associates whilst conspiring to engage in waging war on the West or performing terroristic activities.
A member of the muslim Brotherhood.