Poland ups Pope security after Europe attacksPoland will deploy more than 40,000 security personnel to protect Pope Francis and the hundreds of thousands of young Catholics meeting him for World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow next week. No skimping on securityAs head of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Francis is an important potential target. Firefighters will monitor Krakow’s Balice airport, which Pope Francis will use for arrival and departure ,as well as train stations and bus stops used by participants. The deployment comes after a string of deadly attacks in Paris, Brussels, Nice and Munich in which over 250 people have died since January 2015. Border guards have been banned from going on holiday and mobile checkpoints deployed to border points that were abandoned when Poland joined the visa-free Schengen travel zone in 2008.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 24, 2016 03:45 UTC