Security controls must be further
stepped up in crowded areas in light of yesterday's London
terror attack, Interior Minister Marco Minniti said after
chairing Italy's strategic anti-terror analysis committee (CASA)
Thursday.
"We must further reinforce controls in the areas where people
gather, as well as places which are noted for visitor influx,"
also for Saturday's EU summit marking the 60th anniversary of
the Treaties of Rome, he said.
The centre of the Italian capital is already set to be in
lockdown amid fears that a EuroStop march may be infiltrated by
extremists such as the black bloc who will try to wreak havoc.
Minniti said on the London terror attack that killed two
civilians and a policeman that "the only way to combat the
unpredictability is to control the territory".
He stressed that "we are faced with a threat that is taking
on, ever more, the character of unpredictability: the times of
reaction to the threat are being ever more reduced".
photo: Minniti (L) with Premier Paolo Gentiloni
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