Italy "on maximum alert" after Paris shooting
Xinhua, January 8, 2015 Adjust font size:
Italy is beefing up security in precaution after Wednesday's deadly terrorist attack in Paris, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said Thursday.
"Italy is on maximum alert. We are part of the world which is a target. We cannot underestimate any elements," he told RAI state radio in the wake of the Paris incident, which left 12 people killed and 11 others injured.
Special attention is being paid to press organizations, public offices, transport hubs and places of worship throughout Italy, local press quoted intelligence officials as saying.
Although there are no specific signals suggesting imminent attacks, the biggest threat is posed by "lone wolves," the officials said.
Meanwhile, Alfano also called on the public not to equate Muslims with criminals because "it is one thing to profess a religion and quite another to use a religion for criminal scopes." Endi