https://tv6.news/man-thre(...)athedral-with-knife/In the Duomo in Milan there has been an incident and a brief hostage situation. On Wednesday a man entered the cathedral with a knife and threatened a guard with it. A few minutes later, the attacker was overwhelmed by alarmed police officers, Ansa news agency reports. The man was arrested. The guard was not injured.
Police say the suspect was an Egyptian born in London. In the church he had walked up to a guard at the altar, held the knife to the guard’s neck and forced him to kneel. The officers could overwhelm him at a time when he wasn’t paying attention.
The incident took place around 1:00 PM and lasted only a few minutes.