Islamist plots to attack the Vatican
Islamist plots to attack the Vatican refers to two alleged terrorist plans to attack the Vatican, neither of which were carried out.{{cite news|title=Six arrested in alleged Islamic State attack on Vatican|url=http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/5498/0/six-arrested-in-alleged-islamic-state-attack-on-vatican|accessdate=28 May 2017|agency=Catholic News Service|publisher=The Tablet|date=29 April 2016}}
Alleged 2010 plan
The 2010 plan was allegedly to attack the Vatican with a bomb. It was uncovered after the arrest of 9 individuals on 24 April 2015 by Italian DIGOS detectives on charges of plotting to bomb the Vatican. There was evidence that the 9 October 2009 Peshawar bombing in Pakistan was substantially planned and financed from Olbia, Sardinia, and that some Italy-based militants took part in it.{{cite news| title= Italy terror cell that plotted to bomb Vatican smashed, prosecutors say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/24/osama-bin-ladens-purported-former-bodyguards-held-in-italian-terror-raids|work=The Guardian| date=24 April 2015| accessdate =26 July 2016}}{{cite news|title=Terror suspects planned Vatican attack in 2010, Italian authorities say|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-terror-suspects-planned-vatican-attack-in-2010-20150424-story.html|accessdate=26 July 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=24 April 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Botelho|first1=Greg|title=Faith turns Christians into terrorist targets|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/24/world/terrorists-attacks-on-christianity/|accessdate=26 July 2016|publisher=CNN|date=24 April 2015}}
Alleged ISIS plan
The 2016 attack plot was allegedly planned by a Moroccan national, Abderrahim Moutahrrick, on orders from ISIS to attack the Vatican and the Israeli Embassy in Rome during the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy year announced by Pope Francis to extend from December 2015 to November 2016.{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Jack|title=Italy Uncovers Islamist Plot to Attack Vatican and Israeli Embassy|url=http://www.newsweek.com/italy-uncovers-islamist-plot-attack-vatican-and-israeli-embassy-453515|accessdate=26 July 2016|publisher=Newsweek|date=28 April 2016}} The instruction arrived via WhatsApp sent from within ISIS-held territory; it read: "Dear brother Abderrahim, I send you... the bomb poem... listen to the sheik and strike," referencing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.{{cite news|last1=Modak|first1=Sebastian|title=Italian Authorities Arrest Four In Vatican Terror Plot|url=http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2016-04-29/italian-authorities-arrest-six-in-vatican-terror-plot|accessdate=26 July 2016|publisher=Conde Nast Traveler|date=29 April 2016}}
See also
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Category:Failed terrorist attempts in Italy
Category:Islamic terrorism in Italy
Category:Crime in Vatican City
Category:2010 disasters in Italy
Category:Terrorist incidents in Europe in 2010
Category:Terrorist incidents in Italy in the 2010s