Macedonian expelled for 'terror prevention' says Alfano

(ANSA) - Rome, January 13 - Interior Minister Angelino Alfano on Wednesday ordered a Macedonian national who had been living in Italy since 1998 expelled for reasons of "terrorism prevention".
    Police removed 39-year-old Ljimani Redjep from his home near the northern city of Treviso on Wednesday morning.
    Alfano said Redjep had been in contact with radical Wahabi Islamists in the Balkans who are "strongly hostile to Western customs and traditions".
    "(Redjep) has a deep knowledge of jihadism and is a strict observer of the rigid dictates of Salafist doctrine," said Alfano.
    The man was radicalized and was becoming "progressively anti-Western", Alfano said, citing Redjep's refusal to sign a letter of solidarity to France from Islamic associations in Italy condemning the November 2015 Islamist terror attacks in Paris.
    Redjep's son reportedly expressed support for the Paris attacks in the classroom, saying things like "now let's go to Rome and kill the pope" and "long live ISIS (Islamic State terror group)", the interior ministry said.