Italian police said on April 8 that a Tajik man was arrested in Rome as he arrived from the Netherlands on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State extremist group. Italian media identified the man as 32-year-old Ilhom Sairahmonzoda, adding that he was arrested at Tajikistan's request. According to the police, the man is wanted for terrorism-related crimes. The statement did not say if the man had any links to several ethnic Tajiks arrested in Russia last month for their alleged involvement in a terrorist attack on an entertainment center near Moscow that claimed more than 140 lives. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Tajik Service, click here.
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