A Russian citizen accused of preparing a terrorist act in Belgium was detained in Italy
According to Huffington Post, representatives of Italian prosecutors said that yesterday, July 7, a Chechen immigrant named Eli Bombataliev was arrested in Italy.
Bombataliev has been accused of preparing a terrorist attack in Belgium. He and his wife Marina Kachmazova may have intended to commit a whole series of terrorist attacks.
After studying the detainee’s phone, Italian law enforcement officers discovered that he had urged his wife to “blast herself.” The police found that Bombataliev had two wives. The identity of the second wife has not yet been disclosed but authorities are currently looking for her. Conversations with Kachmazova indicate that he claimed that his second wife was ready to commit a terrorist attack.
Eli Bombataliev is wanted by Interpol for international terrorism and incitement to commit crimes, as well as his complicity in the attack on the Press House in Grozny in December 2014. He could also have taken part in the armed conflict in Syria in 2014-2015.