A devotee of the Islamic State was planning to poison the water supply in a Sardinian town, but was arrested by police before he could carry out the attack. He is said to be of “unknown origin”, but arrived in Italy from Lebanon. Some reports describe him as a Palestinian.

Many thanks to FouseSquawk for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

Below is a report about the arrest from ANSA (Hat tip Insubria):

Anti-Terrorism Operation Near Nuoro ISIS affiliate ‘planned to put rat poison in water supply’ (ANSA) — Rome, November 28 — Police officers belonging to the special NOCS unit staged an operation to stop a suspected Islamist terrorist at Macomer in the Sardinian province of Nuoro on Wednesday, sources said. A 38-year-old ISIS-affiliated jihadi suspected of planning to put rat poison in the water supply was arrested, the sources said. He was also said to be planning to use chemical weapons. Police described him as a “lone wolf”. He was said to be a foreigner of so far unknown origin, who came to Italy from Lebanon, sources said. He had been living at Macomer with a Moroccan woman. The man was caught while trying to make a getaway aboard a van.

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