Beaches terror target report groundless

(ANSA) - Rome, April 19 - Italian intelligence sources said Tuesday that a report in German daily Bild that the authorities feared Islamist terrorists were planning attacks on European beaches, including Italian ones, were "groundless". The sources also denied a report that Italian intelligence services had sent on information about the possibility that terrorists disguised as beach hawkers could blow themselves up. "Terrorism planned on our beaches!," wrote Bild citing alleged contacts between the Italian secret services and the German ones. The information regarding this potential threat came from Africa, the report said, adding that terrorists were ready to use explosives and fire arms on European beaches. The German tabloid also quoted a senior German security official as saying that: "it is possible that ISIS is conceiving a new terror dimension in this way. The beaches cannot be protected".