(AFP) Norwegian intelligence and police on Tuesday arrested a man wanted in Italy over a terror plot, with media saying he is linked to an Islamist preacher extradited from Norway to Italy in March.
The Norwegian intelligence service PST said the man was arrested in the Viken county in the country’s southeast.
“With the assistance of the local police, PST today arrested a man wanted abroad,” Trond Hugubakken, a spokesman for PST, told AFP.
“He is a Norwegian citizen and he is wanted in a criminal case in Italy,” Hugubakken added.
The man is in his forties and convicted in Italy of planning a terror attack, according to public broadcaster NRK.
