Terror charges have been dropped
against a 30-year-old Tuscan anarchist accused of an arson
attack on a Carabinieri barracks near Florence earlier this
week, judicial sources said Saturday.
The man Antonio Recati, from Prato, remains in prison for the
arson attack on the Carabinieri barracks in Borgo San Lorenzo
(Florence) on the night of January 13 "due to the risk of
repeating crimes", according to a decision by preliminary
investigations judge (GIP) Angela Fantechi, ruling on the arrest
and excluding the aggravating circumstance of terrorism.
The attack had a political purpose, ruled the GIP, but the
terrorist purpose has not been convincingly ascertained and
therefore she did not validate the arrest.
Psychiatric observation and high surveillance have been
requested from the prison.
At the request of his defense, Recati will be subjected to
medical checks.
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