Vatican terror scare as Pope’s Swiss Guard opens fire after driver ploughs through checkpoint sending site into lockdown

THE Pope’s Swiss Guard has opened fire after a driver ploughed through a Vatican checkpoint, sending the site into a terror lockdown. Italian police shot at the rogue driver’s vehicle, hitting a wheel, after it tried to veer through a checkpoint. ReutersCops shot at a rogue vehicle which skipped a checkpoint at the Vatican[/caption] Fearing for the worst, the Carabinieri activated anti-terror protocols which saw the doors to the Vatican sealed shut by the Pope’s own security entourage, known as the Swiss Guard. A 39-year-old Albanian with a criminal record was arrested and was reported to have been under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident, according to Spanish media outlet Hoy.