ROME (AP) — Police say a suspicious package reported by the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican was a false alarm.
Bomb squad officials rushed Wednesday to the embassy, overlooking Rome’s Circus Maximus, amid heightened concern in the capital days after anarchists sent at least three mail bombs to various embassies in Rome.
Police officials at the scene say it was a false alarm.
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