Neo-Nazi Propaganda Case: 17 Under Investigation, Including 14 Minors
Police searched 17 people, including 14 minors, after investigators found Nazi propaganda, bomb manuals and alleged attack discussions in online groups.
- On Friday, Italian security forces searched the homes of 17 people, including 14 minors, as part of a nationwide investigation into an online extremist network whose members allegedly spread antisemitic propaganda and discussed attacks on a synagogue, mosque and school.
- Investigators launched the probe after prolonged monitoring of Telegram groups, specifically the 'New European Order Chat' and 'Italian Fascist Front,' which recruited members as 'comrades in combat' through application forms.
- Members allegedly circulated explosives manuals and manifestos by mass killers including Anders Breivik, while discussing a 'mass reset' and potential attacks on a synagogue, mosque, and school, investigators said.
- Police seized knives, Nazi flags, memorabilia, and electronic devices during searches; Authorities are analyzing the seized devices to determine whether the online discussions progressed into actual preparations for violence.
- The 'Italian Fascist Front' maintained a rigid internal hierarchy with leaders using the title 'supreme commander' and assigning members roles including 'secretary' and 'Blackshirt,' reflecting the network's operational sophistication.
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Italy charges three adults, 14 minors with neo-Nazi, white supremacist activity-linked offenses
In the online groups and chatrooms, the suspects praised Adolf Hitler and shared instructions for making and detonating homemade explosives designed to maximize lethal impact.
Arrested in 17, 14 minors. In chat plans of attacks on mosques, synagogues and schools. The article Swastikas, bombs and ideas of attacks. Stopped the network of baby suprematists comes from The Truth.
In Italy, operations were carried out in 11 cities against a neo-Nazi group believed to be preparing a terrorist attack. During the operation, the homes, workplaces, and computer systems of 17 suspects, 14 of whom were children, were searched.
Italy raids neo-Nazi network over synagogue attack plot, finds bomb manuals and weapo
Fourteen of the 17 suspects are minors; investigators say the groups praised Hitler and the SS, spread antisemitic, racist and homophobic propaganda, shared mass killers’ manifestos, denied the Holocaust and recruited members through Telegram
Many had joined the "Italian Fascist Front" and "New European Order" online groups, with posts against Jews, homosexuals and people of color.
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