Security agents focused on Expo, Church

(ANSA) - Rome, April 2 - Italy's domestic security agency is focussed on three high-profile events expected to draw millions to Italy and while it is monitoring known threats, the fear of a lone wolf attack is high, the head of AISI said Thursday. Arturo Esposito, head of L'Agenzia informazioni e sicurezza interna (AISI) told the Copasir parliamentary oversight committee that while security threats including anarchists and jihadists are being monitored, an individual acting alone is harder to find and track in advance.
    He told the committee that millions are expected in Italy for Milan Expo 2015, which begins in May and continues for six month, as well as the Jubilee year declared by the Vatican and beginning in December.
    A third possible target because of its high profile is a public viewing of the Shroud of Turin between April 19 and June 24.
    The Shroud, which is rarely seen by the public, will be displayed in the Chapel of the Shroud in the crypt beneath the Turin's most important cathedral.
    Pope Francis has said that he will visit the shroud, reputed to bear the image of Christ, on June 21.