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.

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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.