(ANSA) - Pisa, January 20 - A Turkish student at Pisa's prestigious Scuola Normale university was expelled from Italy after voicing Islamist views on websites, intelligence sources said Tuesday. He was expelled at the end of December, they said.

Police tracked the suspect down after he posted anti-Western messages on Islamist blogs and websites that were under surveillance. The student was arrested, taken to an immigrant reception center (CIE) and then repatriated. Authorities then informed the school he would no longer be attending.

