Halili Elmahdi, terrorist belonging to Isis, arrested in Turin

The Turin Digos Halili Elmahdi, 29, considered to be the author of the first jihadist propaganda texts written in Italian, was arrested. A Moroccan naturalised Italian, he is accused of terrorist association with the Islamic State. He had already ended up in handcuffs twice, in 2015 and in 2018 when he lived in Lanzo, in the Turin area, always on charges of terrorism and links with Daesh, whose radicalisation and proselytising campaign he carried out on the web.

Already convicted in 2019, with a sentence that became irrevocable in 2022, of participating in the terrorist organisation 'Islamic State', both during his time in prison and later after his return to freedom, he proudly declared that he continued to belong to Isis, 'repeatedly fearing bellicose and violent intentions', as investigators explained. After his conviction, he had been stripped of his Italian citizenship. At the end of July 2023, he had been released from prison, but due to bureaucratic obstacles he had not been deported.