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People Rejoicing at Strasbourg Attack to Be Arrested Immediately - Salvini

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Anyone found celebrating a deadly shooting in the French city of Strasbourg will be immediately sent to prison, Italy's Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Wednesday.
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"Our postal police [service] is at the cutting edge and it is sifting the Web to find the heinous people who are celebrating someone else's death," Salvini said, as quoted by the Ansa news agency, promising "immediate arrest for anyone who has been rejoicing online over the last few hours."

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