Woman arrested in synagogue plot

Scotland Yard arrested a woman under terror laws yesterday as part of a wider investigation into an alleged “super-secret” Facebook plot to blow up an Italian synagogue.

The 40-year-old suspect, from south London, was held in relation to extremist material posted online.

Italian police said she may have been in contact with a 20-year-old Moroccan accused of making a “detailed plan” for a terror attack on the Via della Guastalla in Milan.

Officers in London said they were liaising with Italian counterparts to establish any links. The woman is not thought to be directly involved in the alleged attack plot.

The man arrested in Brescia, northern Italy, was using his “exceptional” computer skills to create “super-secret” groups on Facebook to plot an atrocity, Italian police claim.

He created groups that could be accessed only through a complicated system of controls that he had put in place, state police said.