Italy's intelligence services are
already working at full capacity to prevent and tackle terror
threats linked to the special Jubilee year called by Pope
Francis, which is due to start on December 8.
Security plans for the event will be modelled on those put
in place for the Expo world fair in Milan, sources familiar with
the matter cited the director of Italy's domestic intelligence
agency Arturo Esposito as telling the parliamentary intelligence
committee.
Security services' attention will be focused on the Vatican
and Rome, but other religious sites in the country that could
attract pilgrims will also be monitored.
At the moment intelligence authorities are intensively
monitoring risks that could be posed by Islamist groups and
Internet propaganda that could radicalise people in Italy,
Esposito said.
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