Italian police arrested on Tuesday an Egyptian-born man, who is the head of an Islamic center in the southern city of Foggia, for indoctrinating young children so that they become terrorists.
Police said in a statement they believed the man, who is married to an Italian woman and has obtained Italian nationality, was linked to ISIS and has spread militant propaganda.
"I invite you to fight the unbelievers, with your swords cut off their heads, with your explosive belts blow up their bodies," he was recorded telling a group of children, police said.
As part of their investigation, which was code-named "bad teacher", police said they had seized some 370,000 euros ($458,000) in financial assets.
