7,000 Will Guard Summit, Italy Says
From Reuters
ROME —
Seven thousand security people, including bomb disposal experts, marksmen and cameramen, will guard the leaders of the world’s seven major industrial democracies and their delegations attending the Venice summit next month, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.
It also said that 220 bulletproof cars, nine helicopters and 50 motorboats will be available to ferry the heads of state and government from the United States, France, West Germany, Italy, Britain, Japan and Canada.
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