Homeland security warns of heightened threat environment
The US supreme court is shown behind security fencing in Washington, the US, in this January 12 2021. Picture: REUTERS/ERIN SCOTT
The warning comes after some schools across the US cancelled classes and issued shelter-in-place orders last week. Investigators failed to turn up any explosives. Last month, British-born gunman Malik Faisal Akram took four people hostage at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, including its rabbi, Charlie Cytron-Walker. He brandished a gun and held them hostage for 10 hours. The standoff ended in gunfire, with all four hostages released unharmed and the suspect dead.
The US intelligence community warned months ago of a threat that racially motivated violent extremists, such as white supremacists, would seek to carry out mass-casualty attacks on civilians. The US remains in a heightened threat environment, the department said on Monday.
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