Hasan Uzun

Hasan Uzun is a 46-year-old Turkish national who was arrested in the Netherlands in connection with a foiled plot to assassinate Pope Francis during his visit to Trieste on July 7, 2024. Following his extradition to Italy, Uzun was placed in isolation at a prison in Trieste. He is believed to have links to a Turkish organization affiliated with ISIS Khorasan and is suspected of being involved in the placement of a firearm found in a trolley at the Trieste railway station, which raised alarms among Italian intelligence and law enforcement.