Italian police arrested a 19-year-old Italian-Kosovar citizen on Wednesday on suspicion of belonging to the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and of having links with the perpetrator of the November 2020 attack in Vienna. The young woman, identified only by the initials BT, is married to a Kosovo national linked to Kujtim Fejzulai, the gunman who killed four people in Austria in November 2020 before being shot dead by police. BT, radicalized at the age of 16, had recently left Kosovo to settle in Milan (northern Italy), but had remained in constant contact with her husband and other IS sympathizers in her country, the Italian Interior Ministry said in a statement.
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Police found jihadist content on his phone, as well as photos of ISIS attackers known to law enforcement.
In particular, investigators identified more than 2,000 of his messages on discussion groups offering material and ideological support to ISIS, noting that BT had exchanged messages with “
combatant wives
,” in some cases offering advice to newcomers. arrivals.
“
We should celebrate your wedding with AK47s.
We need to celebrate, we obviously won't leave a single unfaithful.
Blood everywhere,
”says a message posted by the police.
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Other messages welcome the beheading in France of teacher Samuel Paty in October 2020, saying it was a "
lesson for all other teachers."
He deserved it!
Police also released an audio recording in which the woman could be heard chanting her allegiance to the Islamic State group and declaring herself ready to sacrifice her life.
"
She has declared herself ready to become a martyr,
" Milan prosecutor Alberto Nobili said at a press conference, calling
the young woman's messages
"
chilling
".