Italy seizes air-to-air missile, guns in raids on neo-Nazis
Source: Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - Italian police have seized a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathizers, they said on Monday.
Elite police forces searched properties across northern Italy following an investigation into Italians who had fought alongside Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, a police statement said.
Three men were arrested, including a customs officer who has previously stood for parliament for an extreme right party.
During their raids, police discovered a French-made Matra air-to-air missile that appeared to have once belonged to the Qatar armed forces. Subsequent checks showed the weapon was in working condition but lacked an explosive charge.
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greenman3610
(3,947 posts)Nitram
(22,892 posts)jpak
(41,760 posts)Initech
(100,105 posts)And that includes but is not limited to guns, assault rifles, air to air missiles, F-16s, M80s, rocket launchers, and doomsday devices.
Link to tweet
Norbert
(6,041 posts)That'll solve everything and stuff.
bucolic_frolic
(43,315 posts)of how all these radical groups are linked by their desire to defeat moderate governments and the USA because they block them from seizing power and carrying out their agenda. It's as if a Robert Ludlum novel is coming to life.
paleotn
(17,989 posts)moondust
(20,006 posts)rpannier
(24,339 posts)Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that
It does explain how they got some of their stuff into the country though
proActivist
(75 posts)Did they have a fighter jet to go with it?
Eugene
(61,964 posts)Anyone who might actually be able to make use of it probably already has one.
proActivist
(75 posts)- that's some picture!