Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano
said Sunday that the main terrorist threat Italy faces at the
moment comes from lone wolves rather than organized groups like
the one that staged Friday's attack in Moscow.
"The threat is not so much that of organised groups. I believe
that a group like the one that acted in the Moscow attack, which
must have been trained and had logistical support, would be
intercepted sooner in Italy," he told Rai television.
"The most worrying threat is online recruitment.
"The risk of self-activation by lone wolves? Yes, as has
happened in other European states".
He said the situation in the wake of the Moscow attack would be
analysed at a meeting of the national security committee on
Monday and stressed that "Italy has always maintained constant
attention to the threat of terrorism on many fronts".
He added that the Moscow attack was a demonstration of "great
weakness from a regime that bases its credibility on the ability
to guarantee security.
"It reminds us of the weakness and uncertainty that emerged in
the initial hours of the advance by the Prigozhin brigade," he
continued.
"There was the paralysis typical of autocratic regimes that base
everything on orders from above in that case too".
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