Italian
police say they have arrested four Moroccans who were planning a
chemical attack in Rome, targeting buildings which included the United
States embassy.
The four men, aged between
30 and 40, were detained in a dawn raid on a flat in the Tor Bella
Monaca area in the south of the Italian capital.
They were discovered to be
in possession of a powdered cyanide-based substance, maps marking the
capital's water supply network, as well as a hoard of false
documentation, officials said.
It is suspected that they
were intending to poison the water supplies in a commercial area of
the capital where the US embassy is located.
An embassy spokesman said
there would be an official statement on the issue later in the day.
