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Wednesday, 20 February, 2002, 11:47 GMT
'Cyanide attack' foiled in Italy
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.
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