4 arrested in plot to kill pope
ISIS warning: 'We will attack Rome, Allah permitting'
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Police in Italy and Kosovo arrested four men on charges they were plotting to kill Pope Francis, as well as a former U.S. ambassador.
“They were threatening the pope, celebrating the recent attacks in Paris and threatening the former U.S. ambassador to Kosovo,” said Carmine Esposito, Bescia’s police chief and one of the leading law-enforcement figures in the investigation, in an interview with Rai Tre.
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The men were Kosovan and three were arrested in Italy; the fourth, in Kosovo. Their official charges were “condoning terrorism” and “inciting racial hatred,” Italian police said, the Independent reported.
Investigators discovered many of the threats online, and said the most concerning ones were targeting Pope Francis.
One threat said: “Remember there won’t be any pope after this one. This is the last. Don’t forget what I am telling you,” said chief prosecutor Tommaso Buonanno, to the Associated Press.
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Police also discovered weapons among the men’s possession when they were arrested.
The arrests come on the heels of a video released by ISIS on Nov. 16, shortly after the deadly terror attacks in Paris, that warned of the group’s next targets: America and Rome, the home of the Vatican.
“By Allah, if we brought down France in its homeland, in Paris, then we swear, by the command of Allah, we will attack America in its heartland, in Washington, Allah permitting, and we will invade Rome, Allah permitting,” the ISIS video said, the Daily Caller reported.
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