Police and intelligence
services are doing their best to lower the risk of terrorism
during the upcoming Holy Jubilee of Mercy but cannot eliminate
entirely the possibility of attack, the commander of Italy's
special operations unit (ROS) General Giuseppe Governale said
Thursday.
"Prevention activities have the greatest return and in this
way we can reduce the risks," Governale said.
"For this reason there is constant monitoring of those
people who operate clandestinely and become radicalised. But
this does not eliminate the risks. No one is able to eliminate
them," the general added.
Governale was echoed by department of security information
(DIS) chief Giampiero Massolo.
"The higher the level of exposure the higher the risk,"
said Massolo with respect to Italy's greater visibility during
the Jubilee.
"However there are no specific attacks planned that we know
about. We are concerned but not alarmed," he added.
"The greatest threat is presented by lone wolves,
individual actions, people who become radicalised in the privacy
of their own home and then, perhaps with a few friends, carry
out terror attacks," Massolo concluded.
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