The Palace confirmed receiving unverified information about
the assassination attempt on Pope Francis when he was in a five-day visit to
the Philippines
"We were able to speak to those in the security
establishments on that and I was told that they were aware of that particular
piece of unverified information that was passed on," Deputy Presidential
spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a radio interview Saturday.
"Aware po sila, although they did make it a point to
establish that the information had no details and was unverified, but because
of the situation, it was passed on anyway," Valte told dzRB Radyo Ng
Bayan.
The report was raw information that was passed on and that
was received, without much details, she added.
The country's security establishment exercise prudence and
authorities look into those things and they take it into account, the Palace
official said.
Asked whether the measure to turn off cellphones signals
related to the threat, Valte said it was not the reason. The decision to turn
off the signals was made even prior to the reception of the raw and unverified
information.
A former military intelligence officer claimed there were
two attempts to assassinate the pope during his visit in the Philippines – one in Manila
and another in Tacloban, Leyte .
Few months ago, the Iraqi government warned that the Islamic
State, which has been sowing terrorism in the Middle East
wanted the pope killed, and that the threats against Pope Francis were credible.
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