Poland will deploy more than 40,000 security personnel to protect Pope Francis and the hundreds of thousands of young Catholics meeting him for World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow next week.
Pope Francis(AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS / mb.com.ph)
The deployment comes after a string of deadly attacks in Paris, Brussels, Nice and Munich in which over 250 people have died since January 2015.
No skimping on security
As head of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Francis is an important potential target.
The attempted assassination of pope John Paul II by Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca on May 13, 1981, demonstrated that pontiffs are as …read more
Source: Malaya Business Insight
