ROME – A 53-year-old whose identity has not been divulged was arrested on Friday after leading police on a long chase through Rome, which ended with the perpetrator insisting that he planned to detonate a truckload of explosives at the Vatican, although the claim turned out to be a hoax.
According to Italian media reports, the incident began early Friday morning when emergency operators began receiving reports that a man on the main highway that loops around Rome’s metropolitan area, known as the Grande Raccordo Anulare, was throwing rocks at motorists and blocking traffic.
