Italy fears terrorist attack by Albanian Islamic State fighters - report

BELGRADE - Rome is bracing itself for terrorist attacks by Albanian ISIS recruits based in Italy, La Republica reported last week.

According to La Republica, the terrorist threat for Italy does not come from the desperate migrants seeking a better life but on the contrary, from Albanian villages "which have raised ISIS flags".

The report focused on villages bordering with Kosovo, and quoted a source from the Italian intelligence services as saying, "this is a powder keg […] Italy is an exposed country", EurActiv.com reported.

The risk is particularly apparent in the province of Puglia, a stone-throw from the Balcan country across the Adriatic sea, and it's believed that the local Albanian mafia, organized crime, and drug trafficking are involved.

Top police chief Franco Gabrielli shocked Italians last week when he said that "ISIS will strike Italy soon".

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