7138 Police arrest 'Islamic militants' in Perugia

From the [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6909961.stm]BBC's web site[/url];

[indent][b]Islamic militants' held in Italy[/b]
Italian police have arrested three men suspected of running a "school of terror" in the city of Perugia and are searching for a fourth suspects. The three men, all Moroccan, were accused of running the school in a mosque, and included the mosque's imam. Police said they found evidence of in-depth training in explosives and poisons, and instructions on flying a Boeing 747 airliner. The fourth man is now believed to be in another country.

[b]Chemicals[/b]
Police say the suspects were running an "in-depth operation of instruction and training in the use of weapons and combat techniques suitable for terrorist acts". Officers found chemicals - including acids and cyanide - in the mosque's cellar, officials said. The men were named as Korchi el Moustapha, 41, an imam at the mosque at Ponte Felcino, and associates, Mohamed el Jari, 47, and Driss Safika, 46, Perugia police told AFP news agency. Officers are reported to have spent two years investigating activities at the mosque.

Perugia is the home of Italy's University for Foreigners, which sees hundreds of students from the Middle East take courses in Italian studies.[/indent]