Italy arrests Moroccan over Tunisian museum killings


Moroccan citizen Touil Abdelmajid is seen in this undated handout photograph released by Italian police in Milan on May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Italian Police/Handout via Reuters

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian police said on Wednesday they had arrested a 22-year-old Moroccan man suspected of involvement in the March 18 Islamist militant attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis that killed 20 tourists.

Police in Milan said the man, named as Touil Abdelmajid, had reached Italy on a migrant boat in February. The revelation could fuel concerns that militants hide among the thousands of refugees who cross the Mediterranean from North Africa.

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