The Daily Kaler kanthoDhaka, Monday, 19 August, 2019
The Daily Kaler kanthoDhaka, Monday, 19 August, 2019
AFP
16 July, 2019 18:44 PM
The missile was 'in perfect working order', police said. AFP
Italian police seized an air-to-air missile, machine guns and rocket launchers during raids sparked by an investigation into far-right extremist groups on Monday, a huge haul of weapons that authorities said was almost without precedent.
Police arrested three people, including Fabio Del Bergiolo, 50, a former candidate for the neo-fascist Forza Nuova party, whose home was found to contain a huge stash of arms as well as neo-Nazi propaganda and Hitler memorabilia.
"During the operation, an air-to-air missile in perfect working order and used by the Qatari army was seized," police said of the 245-kilogramme (540-pound) Matra missile.
They also found automatic assault rifles that they described as "latest generation" among the cache.
"This is a significant seizure, with few precedents in Italy," said Turin police commissioner Giuseppe De Matteis.
The missile, 3.54 metres (more than 11 feet) long was made in France and Del Bergiolo had been hoping to sell it for 470,000 euros ($529,000), according to Italian media reports.
AFP
16 July, 2019 18:44 PM
The missile was 'in perfect working order', police said. AFP
Italian police seized an air-to-air missile, machine guns and rocket launchers during raids sparked by an investigation into far-right extremist groups on Monday, a huge haul of weapons that authorities said was almost without precedent.
Police arrested three people, including Fabio Del Bergiolo, 50, a former candidate for the neo-fascist Forza Nuova party, whose home was found to contain a huge stash of arms as well as neo-Nazi propaganda and Hitler memorabilia.
"During the operation, an air-to-air missile in perfect working order and used by the Qatari army was seized," police said of the 245-kilogramme (540-pound) Matra missile.
They also found automatic assault rifles that they described as "latest generation" among the cache.
"This is a significant seizure, with few precedents in Italy," said Turin police commissioner Giuseppe De Matteis.
The missile, 3.54 metres (more than 11 feet) long was made in France and Del Bergiolo had been hoping to sell it for 470,000 euros ($529,000), according to Italian media reports.
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