«Ready for the ultimate sacrifice and has recently expressed the will to carry out unspecified violent actions ». These are the words contained in the arrest order of Luigi Antonio Brushes, 22enne originally from Acquaviva delle Fonti and resident in the nearby Sammichele of Baritaken to prison this morning on charges of enlisting for the purpose of terrorism e propaganda and incitement to commit a crime for reasons of racial, ethnic and religious discrimination. From the investigations, which began in 2021 following a report by the Digos and fromwill useit emerged that it promoted anti-Semitic, misogynistic and neo-Nazi content on the Telegram channel “Sieg Heil“, Who declared that he felt ready to carry out violent actions, and that he belonged to the US supremacist terrorist organization The Base.
“He was ready to take action”
The investigating judge of the Bari Court at the request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office issued the precautionary custody order. The young man had come into contact with the leader of The Base who had indoctrinated him to do proselytizing also in our country. Investigators found it difficult to search the suspect’s home for the countermeasures he had implemented to ensure the security of his communications. According to the indictment, the young man from Puglia acted in Italy as “lone wolf and was ready for the extreme sacrifice for the defense of the white race“. On the web and with the group he presented himself as the only referent of the movement on our national territory: he had outlined his IT identity as Commander of the Base. He translated material from propaganda in Italian and he had created a group with 3-4 other members to whom he proposed to carry out violent actions. According to the prosecutors, “the one demonstrated by the suspect is not just one generic provisionbut it is expressive of the unconditional willingness to fulfill explicitly subversive acts, even of a massacre nature ». To frame the young Apulian was his activity of him Telegram, where Pennelli was identified by the use of a display name which, according to the investigations, was attributable to him.
The weapons
More weapons were found in the house, on which there were inscriptions with the runic alphabet – including the “rune othala” – and the names of the supremacists responsible for terrorist attacks, Traini, Breivik and Tarrant. Defined elements «alarmingFrom the prosecutors because there are similarities between the material seized from the young man from Puglia and that used by Payton Gendronil 18enne author of the Buffalo massacre of May 14, 2022 which killed 10 people and wounded 3. In fact, the names of the “white terrorists” Tarrant and Breivik were also written on the weapons used by Gendron, as well as specific symbols of far-right ideology. For these reasons, according to the Bari magistrates, Pennelli’s intention was to “take action”. To confirm that you are in possession of different weapons it was the same young man from Puglia, whom he claimed to have in his Whatsapp messages two carbinesa shotguna crossbow and some baseball bats. According to investigators, Pennelli was also contemplating the possibility of producing weapons himself. The young man, in fact, had the intention of «soon to buy a polymer printer (3D) with the intention of self-producing weapons in absolute privacy». There were two alternatives to this path: “the purchase on the black market or the attack on a security guard in order to steal his armament,” explain the prosecutors.
“Threats against Liliana Segre”
In the Telegram chat «Sieg Heil“That Luigi Pennelli allegedly used, it emerged that the suspect shared a video in which” death threats would also be addressed to Senator Liliana Segre “. Another aspect emerges from the judicial documents: according to the investigators, Pennelli was working on the drafting of a manifesto to be titled River of blood: the cult of the race in the shadow of the Kali Yuga.
What is The Base
The Base is a international neo-Nazi terrorist group founded in 2018 by Rinaldo Nazzaro49 years old who lives in Russia. The FBI is investigating him and, at the moment, it is revealed that he is a former Pentagon contractor and analyst with the Department of Homeland Security. The Base presents itself as a heavily armed rebel force bent on engage in a race war. In fact, in recent years, they have taken action on several occasions, planning a murder and numerous mass shootings. Some countries including Canada and the UK have reported it as official terrorist organizationlike Isis and Al Qaeda.
Cover photo: ANSA / POLIZIA | A photo released today by the Apulian police that portrays Luigi Antonio Pennelli in a skull mask
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