Italy: Seven Arrested Over Anarchist Network Linked to Winter Olympics Rail Sabotage

Source: US News & World Report

“Italian police have ⁠arrested ⁠seven people accused of ⁠belonging to an anarchist militant network and carrying ​out sabotage on a high-speed railway line during the Winter Olympics in ‌February. In a statement on ‌Tuesday, police said a judge had ordered five suspects to ⁠be ⁠held in prison and two placed under house arrest. The ​charges include terrorist association and subversion of the democratic order. Police said two of those arrested were accused of taking part in a February ​14 attack on the Rome-Florence high-speed rail line. According to investigators, ⁠the sabotage ⁠was carried out using ⁠improvised ​explosive devices, causing severe damage to infrastructure estimated at €455,000 ($528,000). The attack led ​to train delays of ⁠more than an hour during the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, which ran from February 6 to 22.” (06/16/26)

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