Venice – Police Ask Carnival-Goers To Lift Masks For Security

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    A Police officer watches a woman holding a mask, in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)Venice – Carnival-goers in Venice are being asked by police to momentarily lift their masks as part of new anti-terrorism measures for the annual festivities.

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    Police are also examining backpacks and bags and using metal-detecting wands before revelers are allowed into St. Mark’s Square, the heart of the Venetian carnival.

    Sunday’s main crowd-pleaser known as the Flight of the Angel went off without a hitch. In that event, a costumed young woman, attached by wires, “flies” over the crowd, starting from St. Mark’s bell tower and gradually descending to the square.


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    Logical_Abe
    Logical_Abe
    8 years ago

    Must be the end of the days. The entire world is living in total fear which will not end until …. WWIII will break out and Moshiach will emerge.