Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Albania: Arrests over terrorism charges



Arrests over terrorism charges
Seven people, two of them imams, one at the Unaza e Re Mosque and one at Mzez, were arrested by the police and the Prosecution of Serious crimes, accused of terrorism.

They recruited devotees and tried to send them at the war in Syria. The suspicions started 10 months ago.

There were several foreign agencies that signalized the Albanian Secret Service regarding the recruits. The Secret Service and the Prosecution started some investigations regarding a cellule they considered as terrorist. This Tuesday morning they arrested seven people in Tirana, Elbasan, Librazhd and Pogradec.

The Prosecutor of Serious Crimes, Eugen Beci, confirmed the arrest of seven people, who are charged of recruiting people for encouraging terror attacks.

“One of these citizens, Edmond Balla, has taken concrete steps for sending Albanians to Syria. Some of the defendants are accused of encouraging hate based on religion and nationality”, Beci declared for the media.

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