Despite Italy having several factors which could have made it a hub of jihadist activity such as proximity to the Middle East and North Africa , reatively porous borders and a large influx migrants from Muslim majority countries , Italy has not experienced the same surge in radicalization as other European countries . While 125 individuals with " ties " to Italy , a minority of whom are Italian citizens , left Italy to join the civil war in Iraq and Syria , this is a small number considering that Belgium had 470 and Sweden had 300 such individuals despite both having much smaller populations . Since the September 11 attacks in 2001 , there have been a small number of plots either thwarted or failed . Two individuals born in Italy have been involved in 2010s terrorist attacks , Youssef Zaghba one of the trio of attackers in the June 2017 London Bridge attack while ISIS sympathizer Tomasso Hosni attacked soldiers at Milan 's Central station in May 2017
2017 London Bridge attack
2017 London Bridge attack
Terrorism in Italy