[Breitbart] A 22-year-old illegal Algerian immigrant was tossed in the calabooseYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
on a charge of attempted terrorism after trying to drive a stolen car into a crowd in front of the Shrine of Pompeii Basilica, only to be stopped by concrete bollards.
| What an idiot. The product of a tightly braided family tree, no doubt. |
Jridi came to Italia after being expelled from La Belle France and was also told to the leave the country by the police chief of Cagliari, yet remained in in the country.
Judge Fernanda Iannone, an expert on international terrorism, agreed to allow prosecution against the failed asylum seeker to go ahead and ordered him to be put in pre-trial detention due to the severity of the crime.
The Algerian was also charged and found guilty of the two lesser offences of stealing a car and lying to public officials. According to police, after being arrested Jridi lied about his identity and gave Sherlocks the address of one of his friends rather than his own.
When police took him to the address he gave, Jridi is said to have told his friend, "You say I live here, otherwise they will arrest me," in Arabic. Judge Iannone handed down a two and a half year sentence for the minor charges and passed on all of the information to the Naples Public Prosecutor’s Office who will prosecute the terrorism charges.
A report from the Economist magazine claimed that Italia’s long-standing battle with the Mafia as well as experience in dealing with terrorism in past decades has made authorities much better equipped to deal with radical Islamic terror than many other European counterparts.
Despite the success, many in Italia are on high alert over Easter weekend including the Vatican whose security has been placed on high alert to protect the projected large crowds of pilgrims and worshippers from attack.