Pope Francis has disclosed in his new autobiography, 'Hope,' that two attempted attacks, including one by a suicide bomber, were thwarted during his momentous 2021 trip to Iraq. The pontiff detailed that he was alerted by British intelligence about a young woman carrying explosives who aimed to detonate herself in Mosul during his visit. He also learned of a van that sped off with a similar intention. Francis expressed his gratitude that the Iraqi police intercepted and neutralized both threats.
Two attempted attacks on Pope Francis , including one by a suicide bomber, were foiled during his landmark trip to Iraq in 2021, the pontiff has revealed in an autobiography. The pope wrote that he was warned of a report by British security services that a young woman with explosives was on her way to Mosul to blow herself up during his visit. Francis added that he was told a van “had also left at high speed with the same intention.
“When I asked the Gendarmerie the following day what was known about the two bombers, the commander replied laconically, ‘They are no longer there,’” he wrote in the memoir, an extract of which was published by Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera. “The Iraqi police had intercepted them, and detonated them. That, too, was very striking to me. This, too, was the poisoned fruit of war.
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