Italy increases security after anarchist attacks

Italian security officials have increased security at 14,000 potential targets following the shooting of a nuclear energy company official and letter bombs directed at the tax collection agency. The Interior Ministry on Thursday announced the enhanced measures, which also include assigning bodyguards to 550 individuals. The measures call for the deployment of 16,000 law enforcement officers. The Informal Anarchist Federation anarchist group claimed responsibility for shooting Ansaldo Nucleare CEO Roberto Adinolfi in the leg and pledged further actions against the parent company, state-controlled Finmeccanica. FAI also claimed responsibility for letter bombs aimed at Equitalia tax collection agency last December, and for a series of letter bombs sent to embassies in Rome in December 2010. There have been numerous reports of letters with suspicious powdery substances sent to Equitalia in recent weeks.