ISIS threatens to take over Rome then throw homosexuals from 'Tower of Pizza'

The sick online threat was mocked by Twitter users, but taken seriously by security chiefs who deploy 4,800 troops to tourist traps

Leaning tower of 'Pizza': The threat from ISIS was mocked online

Sadistic Islamic State militants have threatened to take over Rome and throw "homosexuals from the Leaning Tower of Pizza".
A terrorist sympathiser on Twitter appeared to not know that the famous tower is in fact in the city of in Pisa, prompting internet users to mock their ignorance,
Another message posted on a Twitter account linked to the terror group, vowed to bring sharia law to Italy.
Twitter user Abu Abdullah Britani, who openly publicises ISIS activity, wrote: '#We_Are_Coming_O_Rome with slaughter'.

Monument: The extremists said they would throw homosexuals from the landmark

The message was soon followed by one that read: '#We_Are_Coming_O_Rome, we will conquer & establish the justice of #shariah. We will use your leaning tower of pizza to throw off homosexual'.
The threat was only days after masked jihadists warned of their intention to conquer the city in a video that showed the mass beheading of 21 Christians in Libya.
But the tweets prompted mocking responses rather than fear from Twitter users.
One user posted an image of Russell Crowe in movie Gladiator with the message "So you are coming to Rome, let me entertain you".

Another posted a cartoon of men dressed in armour and shields with the caption "Italian special units alerted to the threat of ISIS."
A number of others simply warned of perils in Rome, including travelling in rush-hour traffic and the risk of glass on the street.
However, Isis militants have killed gay men by throwing them from buildings in Syria and posted video of the executions online.

And the threat in the video of the beheadings is being taken seriously in Italy.
Italian security chiefs have approved putting 4,800 soldiers on the streets in sensitive sites, such as tourist and archaeological sites, to ward off terror strikes.
About 500 will be deployed in Rome where diplomatic residences, synagogues and Jewish schools are already guarded.

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The troops are also expected to be deployed at tourist venues such as archaeological sites and monuments.

Meanwhile, the commander of Vatican City's 110-man Swiss Guard said his forces are ready to defend Pope Francis if ISIS attempt a strike .
Footage of the beheadings, said to have been in Libya, 220 miles south of Italy , showed Egyptian Christians dressed in jumpsuits marched along a beach held by an Isis fighter clad in black.
They are made to kneel before being forced to lie down and beheaded simultaneously.
The one of the executioners warned: "Today we are south of Rome. We will conquer Rome with Allah’s permission."