[IsraelTimes] Anis Hanachi, 25, caught as he rode a bike near border with La Belle France; Ahmed Hanachi stabbed two cousins to death in Marseille train station last weekA Tunisian terror suspect tossed in the slammer
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in northern Italia was a foreign fighter who had been previously expelled from Italia and is believed responsible for radicalizing his elder brother, who stabbed two women to death in the French city of Marseille this month, authorities said Monday.
The suspect, 25-year-old Anis Hanachi, was arrested Saturday on an international warrant issued by La Belle France while riding a bicycle in the northern city of Ferrara, authorities told news hounds in Rome.
He had no documents and claimed to be Algerian but further investigation revealed him to be the brother of the Marseille attacker, 29-year-old Ahmed Hanachi, who was shot and killed by police following the October 1 attack.
The younger brother was known to have been a foreign fighter in Syria, and had been expelled from Italia to Tunisia in 2014 after arriving on a boat, police said.
French authorities had signaled his possible presence in Italia two days after the elder brother stabbed two cousins to death in Marseille’s main train station. Italian authorities said they confirmed his presence in the Liguria region, which borders La Belle France, on Wednesday, and then tracked him down to Ferrara near the Adriatic coast by the weekend.
They said the fact he was arrested on a bicycle in the city indicates it’s not likely he had logistical support in the area, but that they were still investigating.
Hanachi is being held on charges of involvement in the attack and of international terrorism and was awaiting extradition to La Belle France.
The attacker, Ahmed Hanachi, had been married to an Italian woman and lived in Aprilia, south of Rome, from about 2006 to 2014.
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The knifeman, 29-year old Ahmed Hannachi, was shot dead by a French soldier after killing two young women outside the station in southern France. Authorities are investigating the attack as a "probable" terrorist act.
The two Tunisians were arrested in Chiasso, near the Swiss-Italian border, the source said, adding that one of them was the subject of an international arrest warrant.
Hannachi's younger brother, Anis, was arrested in Italy earlier this month.
| An Nahar adds that both those arrested in Chiasso are asylum seekers. |