ISRAEL HAYOM
ISIS attack on Israeli Embassy in Rome thwarted
by Dan Lavie, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff
May 1, 2016

An Islamic State plot to attack the Vatican and several foreign embassies, including the Israeli Embassy in Rome, was recently uncovered by Italian authorities, local media reported over the weekend. Four suspected Islamic extremists were arrested in connection to the terrorist plot, and arrest warrants were issued for two other individuals, the Milan prosecutor said. According to available information, the four suspects in custody are in their 20s, and all are Moroccan in origin. The two suspects that remain at large are a couple, 39-year-old Italian woman Alice Brignoli and her husband Mohamed Koraichi, who are believed to have left Italy in late 2015, presumably for Syria. READ MORE