Nazi-style weapons and propaganda material were found by the police in the 23-year-old’s home in Sammichele di Bari, arrested for recruitment offenses for the purposes of international neo-Nazi terrorism, white supremacism and anti-Semitism, and propaganda and incitement to crime for reasons of racial, ethnic and religious discrimination. During the investigation, two baseball bats were found, one of which was marked by the Nazi SS.
From the investigations, as emerges from the order of the investigating judge, after having found information and audio, video, documentary content on the web about ‘White Suprematist Extremism‘the young man enlisted for the joints denominated with various names, subscribing to reference Telegram groups and “sending his membership to The Base association” offering himself as a’ lone wolf ‘member. Again according to the accusatory hypothesis, the young man was willing to set up a “cell” for Italy.
A rifle was also found, contained in a box bearing the names of Luca Traini, author of the attack that took place on February 3, 2018 in Macerata where six people of sub-Saharan origin were wounded by gunshots, and “Breivik Hero” , with reference to Anders Behring Breivik, a Norwegian terrorist who was responsible for the massacre on the island of Utoya on 22 July 2011 in which 77 people were killed. Other names on the box refer to Brendon Harrison Terrant responsible for Islamophobic terrorist attacks that took place on March 15, 2019 in Christchurch, New Zealand at the al Noor mosque and at the Linwood Islamic center where 50 people died.
The man used the pseudonym ‘Ropewaffen Division’ and in the reserved channel ‘Sieg Heil’ of Telegram, which could be accessed only at the invitation of the promoters, he posted anti-Semitic and Nazi content content, with threats to the senator for life against Liliana Segre and against immigrants. The detail emerges from the arrest order. His activity on ‘social’ had been going on for about two years.
The young man was “used to post messages of incitement to the cause advocated by the group – reads the ordinance – also by sharing photos and videos in one of which would also be addressed to death threats to Senator Liliana Segre”. Still in the clandestine messengers he had started the drafting of a manifesto entitled “River of blood: the cult of the race in the shadow of the Kali Yuga”. This reference was also addressed to immigrants who land in Lampedusa and arrive in Italy.
