ROME (AP) – Police arrested 142 people in a two-day anti-terrorism security sweep around Milan prompted by the London bombings, the ANSA news agency reported Saturday.
Some 2,000 carabinieri paramilitary police fanned out across the Lombardy region, stepping up patrols around train stations, subways and other sensitive sites, ANSA said, quoting the regional commander of the carabinieri, Gen. Antonio Girone.
Girone said the operation was focusing around Milan as “a possible primary objective of any possible terrorist action,” ANSA said. Calls placed to Girone’s office weren’t immediately returned Saturday.
Of those arrested, 83 were immigrants and authorities issued 52 deportation orders, ANSA said.
The operation was one of the most visible signs of stepped-up security measures around Italy following Thursday’s attacks in London and threats that Italy might be targeted as well for its support of the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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