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Somali man arrested in Italy after comments about attacking Vatican

General view of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, in Rome, Italy October 25, 2018.

Italian police said on Monday they had arrested a 20-year-old Somali man suspected of having been a member of Islamic State and who had threatened to bomb churches in Italy, including St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

They told reporters in the southern city of Bari that the man, identified as Omar Moshin Ibrahim, was detained last Thursday and that a magistrate had charged him on Monday with instigating terrorism and supporting terrorism.

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