Romanian anti-terror prosecutors investigate Romanian of Palestinian nationality for promoting terrorism and accessing documentation on how to launch terror attacks

Romanian prosecutors dealing with terrorism and organised crime (DIICOT), notified by the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), are investigating a Romanian citizen of Palestinian nationality under suspicion of promoting propaganda specific to terror groups in the Middle East and training in using explosive materials, the DIICOT has announced.

It said that the man, aged 30, was found to bear characteristics of a person in an advanced stage of self-radicalisation in line with terror organisations in the Middle East.

And it said it ran a raid at the suspect’s home near Bucharest, where documents, propaganda materials and computing and digital storage units were confiscated.