Milan, 24 April (LaPresse) – ‘The plan is one that had already been agreed in advance, also based on the experience gained in the past from the pontiff's last funeral. Of course, we are talking about armoured routes, where the deployment of law enforcement units is absolutely massive, as long as it allows us to be able to keep everything under control, insofar as this will naturally be possible because we have the presence of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and faithful. About 11,000 units have been called up, some from holidays and leave and from other temporary duties, precisely to give particular strength to a security plan that must allow the funeral services to run smoothly’. These are the words of the Minister for Civil Protection, Nello Musumeci, to Non Stop News on Rtl 102.5. ‘There are many foreign delegations, for which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already prepared all the objectives and tools within its competence, we are talking about 170 delegations. Let us remember,' he added, ’that with the funeral of Pope Wojtyla in Rome, a presence of pilgrims was mobilised that exceeded one million, including those present in St. Peter's Square and those in the adjacent areas. Therefore, let us use the most recent reference to be able to build a security plan capable of responding to the needs'.