The Olympics are a
powerful response to terrorism, Premier Matteo Renzi said
Friday. They are "a message against fear, violence, fanaticism
and extremism," he said while meeting the Italian community in
Rio de Janeiro.
His remarks came after SITE terrorism monitoring website
reported a jihadist Internet channel uploaded instructions on
how to carry out terrorist attacks on the Olympics, which kick
off with an opening ceremony today.
"They killed our notion of daily life in restaurants, in
museums, in football stadiums," Renzi said.
"The Olympics are a chance to uphold the values of the
international community, and which are the identity card of our
peoples," he said.
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