(Malta Today) The compilation of evidence against the seven men arrested in April on terrorism-related charges began before Magistrate Nadine Lia on Monday.
Ajil Al Muhsen (21), Adnan Maashi (21), Yazan Abduklaziz (26), Ahmed Kadas (25), Khalil Al Mahmoud (21), Ahmed Ahmed (27), and Mohammed Mohammed (24), all of whom are from Syria, had been arraigned on Sunday, 30 April, on a slew of terrorism-related charges.
They had been arrested the day before following an investigation by the Maltese authorities, which later also involved Europol.
Investigation began in August 2022
Magistrate Nadine Lia was told this morning how the investigation into a suspected Islamic extremist cell in Malta had started in August 2022, targeting a small number of individuals who had been publishing extremist material related to the terrorist group Islamic State (sometimes referred to as IS or ISIS) on their social media accounts.
