The pro-ISIS propaganda channel, Wafa Media Foundation, made a threat of assail on Vatican in a poster clearly depicting- car attack. The poster reading “Christmas blood” shows a masked terrorist driving BMW towards St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome with a gun and a backpack inside his car, where Holy Father Pope Francis holds his services. At the top of the poster is the message “Christmas blood” with the line ‘so wait…” written in red underneath.
An assault rifle and a rucksack are visible on the seat next to the driver, who is using a sat nav and driving at high speed. Christmas has become a time of heightened terrorist threats in the West. Last year, on December 15, an ISIS terrorist drove a truck into a Berlin festival market, killing 12 and injuring 56.
Strict security at Christmas markets across Europe has been bolstered this year and market staff in Britain have been given anti-terrorism training by police, teaching them what to look out for and what to do in the aftermath of an attack.
