The National Committee for Public
Order and Security on Monday decided to strengthen
anti-terrorism monitoring in Italy in the wake of Friday's
terror attack claimed by Islamic State at a concert hall in
Moscow in which 137 people were killed.
During a meeting at the interior ministry the committee
reportedly agreed on "the importance of continuing the careful
monitoring activity, also on the web, by the police and
intelligence forces for the identification of possible risk
situations on the national territory".
The members are said to have carried out "a careful analysis of
the terrorist attack in Moscow", "also with a view to updating
the anti-terrorism prevention measures already in place".
In particular, surveillance and control activities are to be
intensified in view of the Easter holidays, focusing
particularly on places where people gather and transit and on
sensitive sites.
On Sunday Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano said the main
terrorist threat Italy faces at the moment comes from lone
wolves rather than organized groups like the one that staged
Friday's attack in Moscow.
"The threat is not so much that of organised groups. I believe
that a group like the one that acted in the Moscow attack, which
must have been trained and had logistical support, would be
intercepted sooner in Italy," Mantovano told Rai television.
"The most worrying threat is online recruitment.
"The risk of self-activation by lone wolves? Yes, as has
happened in other European states".
"Italy has always maintained constant attention to the threat of
terrorism on many fronts," he added.
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