ISIS Propaganda Called for Christmas Attack on Vatican

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Date of incident: November 16, 2017


During the week of November 16th, the pro-IS group Wafa Media Foundation released a propaganda poster depicting a jihadist armed with a rifle driving into St. Peter's Basilica in Rome with a written message warning of a Christmas attack.

SITE Intelligence Group, a Maryland-based company devoted to tracking online activities of extremist organizations, drew the media's attention to the poster and suggested that it was meant to encourage so-called "lone wolf" attacks.  Source: Newsweek
Link to view the poster: Site Intelligence Group
Photo credit: © Schlurcher / via Wikimedia Commons