40 arrested in Italy following Britain’s foiled terror plot

POLICE arrested 40 people in cities throughout Italy in raids on Muslim gathering places in a security crackdown after Britain thwarted an alleged terror plot, the Interior Ministry said last night.

The arrests were made in Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Naples and other cities yesterday and “as part of an extraordinary operation that followed the British anti-terrorist operation”, the ministry said.

Twenty-eight people were arrested for violating rules on residence permits and 12 were arrested for property crimes, its statement said.