Italy arrests seven over anarchist network linked to Winter Olympics rail sabotage
- Italian police arrested seven people accused of belonging to an anarchist militant network that carried out sabotage on a high-speed railway line during the Winter Olympics in Feb.
- Sabotage using improvised explosive devices on the Rome-Florence and Rome-Naples lines caused infrastructure damage estimated at €455,000 , leading to train delays during the Milan-Cortina Games.
- In a statement on Tuesday, police reported a judge ordered five suspects held in prison and two placed under house arrest, with charges including terrorist association and subversion of the democratic order.
- Prosecutors issued search warrants across Bologna, Milan, and Naples, where the group maintained cells linked to Feb attacks and sabotage of the Transalpine Pipeline.
- The anarchist network explicitly timed attacks to coincide with the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, aiming to promote anti-militarist views through violent infrastructure disruption.
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According to information so far, the arrested were based in Rome and also operated in Milan and Naples.
Italian police have arrested seven people for sabotaging the railway during the Winter Olympics in February. They are accused, among other things, of membership in an anarchist militant group and undermining the democratic order. Five suspects are in pre-trial detention, and two have been placed under house arrest. They carried out an attack on a high-speed line between Rome and Florence on February 14, police wrote in a statement. The attack ca…
This is in particular the action carried out on 14 February 2026 against the railway network of the High Speed Rome-Florence, with the use of rudimentary explosives that have caused serious damage to the infrastructure for a cost of restoration of 455 thousand euros
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