Pakistani man to be expelled from Romania over terrorism

Romania’s domestic intelligence agency says man was involved in spreading propaganda online for Pakistani...

A court in Bucharest has ruled that a Pakistani citizen should be expelled from Romania on charges of promoting "extremist Islamism" online, causing a threat to national security.

The Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday that the man, identified only by his initials, S.A, should be expelled for 10 years.



According to Romania’s main domestic intelligence agency, the man entered the country illegally in 2015 and then married a Romanian woman. He further sought to obtain a residency permit on the basis of his marriage. The agency said it kept the man under surveillance and found he was involved in spreading propaganda online for Pakistani "terrorists."

A  statement released by the agency further said the man supported the "supremacy of extremist Islam" and "global jihad" and was interested in making makeshift explosive devices.



Earlier this year, a Milan court sentenced a Pakistani and a Tunisian to six years in prison for threatening terror attacks in Italy via social media. Tunisian Lassad Briki, 35, and Pakistan national Muhammad Baqas, 27, will be deported after serving their sentences, the judge said after agreeing to the maximum sanction requested by prosecutors.

This article originally appeared on The New York Times.