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Man holds knife to tourist’s neck in ISIS-style attack in Rome

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Published on July 16, 2015 with No Comments

A woman was forced to her knees by a knife-wielding Islamist in a random attack outside Rome’s Coliseum that recalled an ISIS-style execution. Horrified tourists looked on as the attacker held a knife to the neck of a 26-year-old Chiara Frisco and yelled “Allah is great“ and “It is God that sends me“. A leading daily from England quoted one witness as saying,`It seemed like a scene from ISIS. He forced the girl on her knees like you see in terrorist videos, while he held a knife to her throat. The only thing missing was the orange jumpsuit.“ Frisco who wa visiting her siste in Rome said she feared “the worst“ Speaking from hospital where she was being treated for shock she said, “I felt the blade against me The whole attack lasted seconds but I felt a tremendous fear. Luckily the police arrived.“ Seeing the cops, the unnamed attacker tried to escape but was disarmed and arrested.

 

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