Security boosted around Vatican

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 17 - Italian police have reinforced security measures around the Vatican after recent international events, including Monday's terrorist attack in Brussels.
    "Personnel have been informed of the need to maintain a constantly vigilant attitude while on duty to protect their own safety and that of other people and to rapidly pick up on any situation considered anomalous," the Italian State Police's Vatican Inspectorate told ANSA.
    Furthermore, the Carabinieri police on duty in the area of St.
    Peter's Square were wearing bullet-proof vests and carrying machine guns on Tuesday.
    As always, strict controls were being conducted at the metal-detector points that visitors must pass through to enter St Peter's Basilica, causing long queues. (ANSA).