He was researching how to manufacture weapons and chemical devices to carry out a massacre at a high school in Pescara, similar to the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Colorado . He was apparently inspired by information acquired and exchanged on the Telegram group "Werwolf Division," the white supremacist hub that glorifies the 2011 terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya and the 2019 mosque massacres in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The alleged terrorist, who appears to have spread images, videos, memes, and stickers linked to the 'saints of terror' - the perpetrators of those and other mass massacres - is a seventeen-year-old from Pescara and resident in the province of Perugia, arrested by the Carabinieri of the ROS for the crimes of propaganda and incitement to crime on the grounds of racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination, as well as for possession of material for terrorist purposes .
The operation took place in Abruzzo, Emilia Romagna, Umbria, and Tuscany and also involved seven other minors . Examination of their seized smartphones and computers will be crucial to clarifying their roles. Child pornography videos and footage have already been discovered on the arrested seventeen-year-old's cell phone.
An undergrowth of delirium and violence, deemed extremely dangerous by investigators. A meticulous investigation, coordinated by the Juvenile Prosecutor's Office of L'Aquila—based on previous investigations by the Brescia Prosecutor's Office, concluded in 2025, into individuals belonging to a network inspired by neo-Nazi and white supremacist ideologies —led to the pre-trial detention order for the 17-year-old.
Apparently, the boy, who was seeking information on manufacturing firearms, also collected documents containing technical information on dangerous chemical and bacteriological substances and handbooks on sabotaging essential public services , all with a clear terrorist intent. Furthermore, according to investigations, the minor participated in groups dedicated to apologia for the Holocaust, genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity . Furthermore, he propagated theories promoting sexism, misogyny, and opposition to feminism.
