Italians Looking for 5 People After Terror Warnings From US

— -- The Italian government is looking for five people after the US Embassy warned yesterday of a Paris-style attack at Italian landmarks, an official told Italian TV.

“Since yesterday afternoon, our security forces have been working to find five people,” Paolo Gentiloni, the country's Foreign Affairs Minister, told Rai 3. It was not clear exactly who the government was searching for.

“The Minister of the Interior has explained many times that we are at a very high level of alert covering symbolic sites, places where people gather, from stadiums to cathedrals, and St. Peter's in particular, which were, among others, the places highlighted by the FBI yesterday,” Gentiloni said. “We always take such signals of alarm very seriously, especially when they come from the United States.”

The U.S. Embassy in Rome warned U.S. citizens early Thursday morning of "potential targets" for terror attacks in Rome and Milan, according to a bulletin.

They included St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican and the Duomo and La Scala in Milan, the bulletin said.

"Terrorist groups may possibly utilize similar methods used in the recent Paris attacks," the bulletin said. "The Italian authorities are aware of these threats."

The search comes amid heightened fears of additional terror attacks both in France and elsewhere in Europe.