Rome - Italian police have arrested a Congolese man suspected being part of a Berlin-based terror cell and of having had contacts with the man who drove a truck into a Christmas market in the city, authorities said Friday. According to Star Tribune, among others who have been evicted were a Tunisian man, 32, and an Egyptian man, 27, who were expelled on Friday for "reasons of social dangerousness," the Italian interior ministry said. Italy's interior ministry said Friday it had expelled a 32-year-old Tunisian and a 27-year-old Egyptian as suspected sympathisers with Islamic extremism, based on their social media activity. Italy has carried out 38 expulsions of this type this year and 170 since the start of 2015, the ministry said.The Egyptian, who worked in a fresh produce store, allegedly had expressed support for the Berlin market attack and expressed hope similar massacres would be carried out, the ministry said. A Moroccan man who allegedly made contact with Anis Amri, the Tunisian behind the December terrorist attack on a Berlin Christmas market in which 12 people died, was ejected from Italy on Friday, sources said, ANSA news Agency reported. A Congolese citizen was arrested in the same anti-terrorism operation conducted by investigators in the southern Puglia region. The two were allegedly part of a Salafist cell active in Berlin that had allegedly joined ISIS.
