Overview
- Carabinieri del ROS carried out dawn searches of the woman’s Milan home and registered cars on Thursday and seized phones and computers for forensic analysis.
- The 34-year-old Portuguese resident has been registered in a Milan prosecutor’s investigation for instigation and apologia of international terrorism and is due to be questioned by investigators.
- Investigators identified an Instagram profile tied to her with about 3,390 followers and have isolated 46 posts and a biography line that prosecutors cite as evidence of support for Iran and Hezbollah.
- Prosecutors frame the case around use of telematic systems as an aggravating factor and note that the EU lists Hezbollah’s armed wing, the External Security Organisation, as a terrorist group while not listing the movement as a whole.
- Four other people are also lodged in the same investigative file which could increase scrutiny of political symbols at public commemorations and of social-media activity tied to foreign armed groups.